Abstract
1,4-Cyclohexadiene (CHD) and 9,10-dihydroanthracene (DHA) are two substrates used to probe the steric requirements of metal-oxo oxidants in H-atom-transfer (HAT) reactions, based on the assumption that they have comparable C-H bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs). We use computations to demonstrate that the BDE of DHA is ∼3.5 kcal mol-1 larger than that of CHD and that their often comparable reactivity is based on a competing interplay of bond strengths and favorable van der Waals interactions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10509-10512 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 69 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
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