ORGN 79 |
| High level ab initio calculations have been carried out to elucidate the reaction pathway of the rhodium-catalyzed hydroacylation reaction of 4-pentenal (Bosnich and Fairlie, Organometallics 1988, 7, 946-954). Several surprising results include the discovery of two distinct pathways, of which the slower pathway leads to product, and that agostic interactions with the phenyls of the dppe ligand play an important role during the course of the reaction.
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Heterocycles, Aromatics, Materials, Devices, Switches, Combinatorial Chemistry, Metal-Mediated Reactions
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, 13 March 2005 Convention Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Organic Chemistry |
