Structural basis for regioisomerization in the alkali-metal-mediated zincation (AMMZn) of trifluoromethyl benzene by isolation of kinetic and thermodynamic intermediates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 9480-9487

  Armstrong, David R ^a   Blair, Victoria L ^a   Clegg, William ^b   Dale, Sophie H ^b   Garcia Alvarez, Joaquin ^c   Honeyman, Gordon W ^a   Hevia, Eva ^a   Mulvey, Robert E ^a   Russo, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CRYSTALLINE; DFT CALCULATION; EXCHANGE PROCESS; ION PAIRS; KINETIC PRODUCT; MODEL SYSTEM; MULTINUCLEAR NMR; REGIOISOMERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL BASIS; TRIFLUOROMETHYL; ZINCATION;

ALKALI METALS; BENZENE; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ZINC;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ALKALI METAL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROPHILICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955822711     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja1038598     Document Type: Article

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