Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Clements (Galt House Hotel)
Density functional theory was used to examine the mechanisms of acid catalyzed reactions involving transfer of a methyl cation to a nucleophile occurring inside a zeolite. A correlation was developed between the intrinsic activation barrier and the methyl affinity of the nucleophile.
Extended Abstracts:
- NAM_2013_abstract_CPP_methylation.pdf (33.8KB) - Extended Abstract