Are sp lithiated carbons more nucleophilic than sp2 or sp 3 ones? A comparative DFT study of the condensation of propynyllithium aggregates on formaldehyde

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1427-1436

  Fressigne, Catherine ^a,b   Maddaluno, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONDENSATION PRODUCT; DFT STUDY; DIMETHYLAMIDE; DOCKING COMPLEXES; HEXAMERS; KINETIC CONDITIONS; LITHIATED CARBON; MIXED AGGREGATES; MODEL REACTIONS; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION SCHEMES; TETRAMERS; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; TRANSITION STATE;

COMPLEXATION; CONDENSATION; DOCKING; DYES; LITHIUM; NUCLEOPHILES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE; LITHIUM; NUCLEOPHILE; PROPYNYLLITHIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 77949285278     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902315t     Document Type: Article

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