Activation parameters for additions of ambiphilic methoxychlorocarbene to alkenes.
Activation parameters are determined for the additions of methoxychlorocarbene (MeOCCl) to four alkenes, including tetramethylethylene (TME). MeOCCl is the first carbene to exhibit appreciable activation energy in addition to TME (5.8 kcal/mol), although this reaction is still "dominated" by entropy (-TDeltaS(double dagger) approximately 7 kcal/mol).
Moss
Robert A
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA. moss@rutchem.rutgers.edu
Zhang
Min
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