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Patrick F James1, Richard A J O'Hair
1School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Abstract:
Multistage mass spectrometry experiments have been used to synthesize and study the reactions of (CH3)2M-(M = Cu and Ag) with methyl iodide in the gas phase. While the dimethylcuprate ion (M = Cu) reacts with CH3I via C-C bond cross coupling, its silver congener is unreactive. The experimental results are consistent with MP2/6-31++G** ab initio calculations, which reveal that the preferred mechanism for Cu involves the formation of a T-shaped Cu transition state. [reaction: see text]
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