Hydrolysis of lmidazole-2-ylidenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 780-789

  Hollóczki, Oldamur ^a   Terleczky, Péter ^a   Szieberth, Dénes ^a   Mourgas, Georgios ^b   Gudat, Dietrich ^b   Nyulászi, László ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; APROTIC; AROMATIC STABILIZATION; CARBENES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT REACTIONS; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS; HYDROXIDE IONS; IMIDAZOL; IMIDAZOLIUM; ION PAIRS; IR SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; RING-OPENED PRODUCTS; SOLVENT STABILIZATION; SOLVENT SYSTEM; STABLE SOLUTIONS; WATER COMPLEXES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER MOLECULE;

ALKALINITY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION KINETICS; STABILIZATION;

MOLECULES;

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RING OPENING; SIMULATION;

EID: 79851502857     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja103578y     Document Type: Article

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