A FMO-controlled reaction path in the benzil-benzilic acid rearrangement

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1777-1783

  Yamabe, Shinichi ^a   Tsuchida, Noriko ^a   Yamazaki, Shoko ^a  

^a NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NEGATIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTONS; REACTION KINETICS;

CARBANION; METHYL ANALOGUE; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION;

BENZENE;

BENZILIC ACID; DIKETONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANNIZZARO REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVATION; WAGNER MEERWEIN REARRANGEMENT;

EID: 84962374571     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo051862r     Document Type: Article

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