title: Rearrangement kinetics of spiropentylchlorocarbene, [3]triangulylchlorocarbene, and related species.
abstract: [structure: see text] Absolute rate constants were measured for the 1,2-CH(2), 1,2-cyclopropyl, and 1,2-CMe(2) rearrangements of spiropentylchlorocarbene (5), [3]triangulylchlorocarbene (6), and tetramethylcyclopropylchlorocarbene (7). The factors responsible for the observed relative migratory aptitudes (cyclopropyl > CH(2) > CMe(2)) were analyzed with the aid of electronic structure calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA. moss@rutchem.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krogh-Jespersen