The 1, 2-hydrogen rearrangement of methylchlorocarbene: contribution of quantum mechanical tunneling

EJ Dix, MS Herman, JL Goodman

Index: Dix, Edward J.; Herman, Michael S.; Goodman, Joshua L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 22 p. 10424 - 10425

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Abstract

The 1, Zhydrogen and carbon rearrangements of singlet alkylcarbenes to alkenes is a reaction of current theoretical and experimental interest. lS2 Several recent experiments have focused on the temperature dependence of the rate constants for these rearrangement^.^ Interestingly, the obtained activation parameters are quite different from those predicted by theory. In particular, the energies are smaller and the entropies ...