Determining transition state structure using kinetic isotope effects
โ Scribed by Kenneth C. Westaway
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 358 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2135
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) have been found to be the most powerful tool available to physical organic chemists for determining the mechanism of reactions and for estimating the structure of their transition states. Various types of KIEs including primaryโleaving groupโ, nucleophileโ, and ฮฑโcarbon KIEs and secondary alphaโ and betaโdeuterium KIEs are introduced. The factors that affect the magnitude of each of these KIEs are covered in some detail. Finally, the use of these KIEs to determine the mechanism of a reaction and to estimate the structure of the transition state for a reaction is discussed. Copyright ยฉ 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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