ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
In a recent paper [N.S. Isaacs and A. Laila, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 7, 178 (1994)2] the volume profile for the cheletropic addition of sulphur dioxide to a 1,3-diene (2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene) indicated that a two-step mechanism for this reaction, with a (4 + 2) cycloaddition at the S(DOUBLE BOND)O bond as the slow step followed by a rapid rearrangement of the resultant sulpheno-lactone, cannot be ruled out. However, ab initio calculations, at the MP2(FC)/6-31G*//RHF/6-31G* level, show that such a mechanism can be conclusively discarded.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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