Theoretical aspects of tunneling proton transfer reactions in a polar environment

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 632-646

  Kiefer, Philip M ^a   Hynes, James T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Isotope effects; Polar solvent; Proton transfer; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; ACID-BASE COMPLEX; ACTIVATION FREE ENERGY; BONDED SYSTEMS; ISOTOPE EFFECT; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; POLAR ENVIRONMENTS; POLAR SOLVENT; POLAR SOLVENTS; PROTON MOTION; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; PROTON TUNNELING; QUANTUM CHARACTER; REACTION COORDINATES; SOLVENT COORDINATES; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TUNNELING RATES; TUNNELING REGIME;

ACIDS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ISOTOPES; PROTON TRANSFER; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

EID: 77955128853     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.1710     Document Type: Article

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