Copper (I)-catalyzed synthesis of azoles. DFT study predicts unprecedented reactivity and intermediates

F Himo, T Lovell, R Hilgraf, VV Rostovtsev… - Journal of the …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Huisgen's 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions become nonconcerted when copper (I) acetylides
react with azides and nitrile oxides, providing ready access to 1, 4-disubstituted 1, 2, 3 …

Ab initio quantum chemistry: Methodology and applications

RA Friesner - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
This Perspective provides an overview of state-of-the-art ab initio quantum chemical
methodology and applications. The methods that are discussed include coupled cluster …

Correlated ab initio study of nucleic acid bases and their tautomers in the gas phase, in a microhydrated environment and in aqueous solution. Part 4. Uracil and …

J Rejnek, M Hanus, M Kabeláč, F Ryjáček… - Physical Chemistry …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Altogether 13 keto and enol tautomers of uracil and 13 keto and enol tautomers of thymine
were studied theoretically in the gas phase, in a microhydrated environment (1 and 2 water …

Relative gibbs energies in solution through continuum models: effect of the loss of translational degrees of freedom in bimolecular reactions on gibbs energy barriers

D Ardura, R López, TL Sordo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We present here a cell model for evaluating Gibbs energy barriers corresponding to
bimolecular reactions (or processes of larger molecularity) in which a loss of translational …

3‐Fluoropiperidines and N‐Methyl‐3‐fluoropiperidinium Salts: The Persistence of Axial Fluorine

A Sun, DC Lankin, K Hardcastle… - Chemistry–A European …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
It has previously been shown that the fluorine atom in N‐protonated 3‐fluoropiperidine salts
in water strongly prefers the axial orientation in the six‐membered ring chairs. In the present …

A DFT Study of Diels−Alder Reactions of o-Quinone Methides and Various Substituted Ethenes:  Selectivity and Reaction Mechanism

H Wang, Y Wang, KL Han, XJ Peng - The Journal of Organic …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The Diels− Alder (DA) reactions of various substituted ethenes (methyl vinyl ether (MVE),
styrene, and methyl vinyl ketone (MVK)) with o-quinone methides (o-QM) are studied by …

Empirical solvent correction for multiple amide group vibrational modes

P Bouř, D Michalík, J Kapitán - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Previously proposed solvent correction to the amide I peptide vibration was extended so that
it can be applied to a general solvated chromophore. The combined molecular and quantum …

Computational study of structures and properties of metallaboranes: Cobalt bis (dicarbollide)

M Bühl, D Hnyk, J Macháček - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A density functional study at the BP86/AE1 level is presented for the cobalt bis (dicarbollide)
ion [3‐Co‐(1, 2‐C2B9H11) 2]−(1) and selected isomers and rotamers thereof. Rotation of …

Superoxide Radical Anion Adduct of 5,5-Dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-Oxide (DMPO). 1. The Thermodynamics of Formation and Its Acidity

FA Villamena, JK Merle, CM Hadad… - The Journal of Physical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The nitrone 5, 5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) has been the most widely used spin
trap for the detection of transient free radicals in chemical, biological, and biomedical …

The electrostatic origin of Abraham's solute polarity parameter

JS Arey, WH Green, PM Gschwend - The Journal of Physical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A computational method was developed which relates the empirical linear solvation energy
relationship (LSER) solute polarity parameter, S (formerly denoted), to two more …