Isomerization mechanism in hydrazone-based rotary switches: Lateral shift, rotation, or tautomerization?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 9812-9823

  Landge, Shainaz M ^a,e   Tkatchouk, Ekatarina ^b   Benítez, Diego ^b   Lanfranchi, Don Antoine ^c   Elhabiri, Mourad ^c,d   Goddard, William A ^b   Aprahamian, Ivan ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLHYDRAZONE; DOUBLE BONDS; E-ISOMERS; FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HYDRAZONES; HYDROGEN BONDED SYSTEMS; KINETIC DATA; LATERAL SHIFTS; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; NATURAL BOND ORBITAL; NEGATIVE ENTROPIES; NON-POLAR; POLARIZED TRANSITION STATE; PROTONATED; RATE CONSTANT K; REVERSIBLE SWITCHING; ROTATION MECHANISM; SINGLE BOND; SOLVENT POLARITY; TAUTOMERIZATIONS; TRANSITION STATE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS;

ALGEBRA; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN; ISOMERIZATION; PROTONATION; RATE CONSTANTS; ROTATION; SOLVENTS;

ISOMERS;

CARBON; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; TAUTOMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDRAZONES; ISOMERISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ROTATION; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79959498007     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja200699v     Document Type: Article

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