Formation of methylmagnesium or coordinated ylide? Competition between decarboxylation of acetate and betaine ligands in CH3CO 2MgO2CCH2X(CH3)2+ (where X = NCH3 and S)

Organometallics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1238-1245

  Khairallah, George N ^a   Yoo, Ellie Jung Hwa ^a   O'Hair, Richard A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE LIGANDS; COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DFT CALCULATION; DIRECT DETERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; ION-MOLECULE REACTION; KINETIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; PRECURSOR COMPLEXES; RELATIVE RATIOS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBOXYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLICS; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

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EID: 77749239892     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: 15206041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om901050s     Document Type: Article

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