1,4,7-trimethyloxatriquinane: SN2 reaction at tertiary carbon

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 10662-10664

  Mascal, Mark ^a   Hafezi, Nema ^a   Toney, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; OXONIUM; SALT EFFECT;

HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTION KINETICS;

1,4,7 TRIMETHYLOXATRIQUINANE; ALCOHOL; AZIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERTIARY ALKYL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEOPHILICITY; SOLVOLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77955373368     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja103880c     Document Type: Article

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