Anatomy of phobanes. Diastereoselective synthesis of the three isomers of n-butylphobane and a comparison of their donor properties

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3078-3092

  Carreira, Monica ^a   Charernsuk, Manutsavin ^a   Eberhard, Michael ^a   Fey, Natalie ^a   Van Ginkel, Roel ^b   Hamilton, Alex ^a   Mul, Wilhelmus P ^b   Orpen, A Guy ^a   Phetmung, Hirihataya ^a   Pringle, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; HELIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

AIR-STABLE; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; FRONTIER ORBITAL ENERGIES; PHOSPHONIUM SALTS; PRESENCE OF WATER; QUATERNIZATION; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; SELECTIVE PROTONATION; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; STERIC PARAMETERS;

ISOMERS;

9 PHOSPHABICYCLO[3.3.1]NONANE; 9 PHOSPHABICYCLO[4.2.1]NONANE; DIGITOXIN; ELECTROPHILE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHYL GROUP; NONANE; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENERGY; ISOMER; ISOMERISM; ISOMERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION; PKA; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84908659785     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja808807s     Document Type: Article

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