Density functional theory investigation of the deprotonation of oxete
β Scribed by Zhiqing Yan; John F. Sebastian
- Book ID
- 104252223
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
The deprotonation of oxete by ether solvated methyl lithium was investigated by geometry optimization of reactants, transition states and products using the density functional theory (DFT) method (B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p)). The calculations suggest that allylic deprotonation is favored over the corresponding vinylic process by 1.5 kcal/mol in the transition structures and 1.7 kcal/mol in the products. This is in contrast to previous calculations of products (MP2/6-31++G(d,p)//HF/6-31++G(d,p)) that favored vinylic deprotonation.
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