Investigating the mechanism of heteroaromatic decarboxylation using solvent kinetic isotope effects and eyring transition-state theory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1004-1006

  Mundle, Scott O C ^a   Opiñska, Liliana Guevara ^a   Kluger, Ronald ^a   Dicks, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Carboxylic acids; Collaborative cooperative learning; Isotopes; Kinetics; Laboratory instruction; Mechanisms of reactions; Organic chemistry; Upper division undergraduate; UV vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960062839     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100793r     Document Type: Article

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