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Energy Read-out as a Probe of Kinetically Hidden Transition States
Scheherzad Alvi1, Daniel A Singleton1
1Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States.
Abstract:
The initial energy in a reactive intermediate is derived from the transition state before the intermediate but can affect selectivity after the intermediate. In this way an observable selectivity can report on a prior, kinetically hidden mechanistic step. This new type of mechanistic probe is demonstrated here for the oxidation of 1-methylcyclobutanol by phthaloyl peroxide/Bu4N+Br-, and it supports a hypobromite chain mechanism in place of the previously proposed hydrogen atom transfer mechanism.
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