title: The nucleophilicity of a dialkylcarbene: unusual activation parameters for additions of adamantanylidene to simple alkenes.
abstract: Computational and experimental results demonstrate that adamantanylidene (1) behaves as a highly reactive nucleophile toward common alkenes. It is the only known saturated nucleophilic carbene that lacks direct or vinylogous heteroatomic substitution. The activation energy and enthalpy for addition of 1 to methyl acrylate are the most negative values yet encountered in any carbene-alkene addition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, United States.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krogh-Jespersen