Mechanism of N2O Reduction by the μ4-S Tetranuclear CuZ Cluster of Nitrous Oxide Reductase

SI Gorelsky, S Ghosh, EI Solomon - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Reaction thermodynamics and potential energy surfaces are calculated using density
functional theory to investigate the mechanism of the reductive cleavage of the N− O bond …

Origins of stereoselectivity in Diels− Alder cycloadditions catalyzed by Chiral imidazolidinones

R Gordillo, KN Houk - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 - ACS Publications
B3LYP/6-31G (d) density functional theory has been used to study Diels− Alder reactions of
cyclopentadiene with α, β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones organocatalyzed by …

Theoretical rationale for regioselection in phosphine-catalyzed allenoate additions to acrylates, imines, and aldehydes

T Dudding, O Kwon, E Mercier - Organic Letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
A rationale for regioselection in phosphine-promoted annulations of acrylates, imines, and
aldehydes with allenoates has been developed using computation at the B3LYP/6-31G (d) …

On the accuracy of density functional theory for iron—sulfur clusters

RK Szilagyi, MA Winslow - Journal of computational chemistry, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A simple, yet powerful wave function manipulation method was introduced utilizing a
generalized ionic fragment approach that allows for systematic mapping of the wave function …

Simulation of 59Co NMR Chemical Shifts in Aqueous Solution

M Bühl, S Grigoleit, H Kabrede… - Chemistry–A European …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 59Co chemical shifts were computed at the GIAO‐B3LYP level for [Co (CN) 6]
3−,[Co (H2O) 6] 3+,[Co (NH3) 6] 3+, and [Co (CO) 4]− in water. The aqueous solutions were …

Density functional study of enantioselectivity in the 2-methylproline-catalyzed α-alkylation of aldehydes

A Fu, B List, W Thiel - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
An organocatalytic asymmetric α-alkylation of aldehydes has recently been shown to
provide cyclic aldehydes in high yields and enantioselectivities upon treating substituted …

Reactivity of molecular oxygen with ethoxycarbonyl derivatives of tetrathiatriarylmethyl radicals

S Xia, FA Villamena, CM Hadad… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM) radicals are commonly used as oximetry probes for electron
paramagnetic resonance imaging applications. In this study, the electronic properties and …

Interplay of structure and reactivity in a most unusual furan Diels-Alder reaction

GA Griffith, IH Hillier, AC Moralee… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Difluorinated alkenoate ethyl 3, 3-difluoro-2-(N, N-diethylcarbamoyloxy)-2-propenoate
reacts rapidly and in high yield with furan and a range of substituted furans in the presence …

Lifetimes and reactivities of some 1, 2-didehydroazepines commonly used in photoaffinity labeling experiments in aqueous solutions

MS Rizk, X Shi, MS Platz - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
The reactive 1, 2-didehydroazepine (cyclic ketenimine) intermediates produced upon
photolysis of phenyl azide, 3-hydroxyphenyl azide, 3-methoxyphenyl azide, and 3 …

The Interplay of Inverted Redox Potentials and Aromaticity in the Oxidized States of New π‐Electron Donors: 9‐(1, 3‐Dithiol‐2‐ylidene) fluorene and 9‐(1, 3‐Dithiol‐2 …

S Amriou, C Wang, AS Batsanov… - … A European Journal, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Derivatives of 9‐(1, 3‐dithiol‐2‐ylidene) fluorene (9) and 9‐(1, 3‐dithiol‐2‐ylidene)
thioxanthene (10) have been synthesised using Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reactions of …