Copper mediated decyano decarboxylative coupling of cyanoacetate ligands: Pesci versus Lewis acid mechanism1. Issue 19 (21st May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Jiawei; Khairallah, George N.; Steinmetz, Vincent; Maitre, Philippe; O'Hair, Richard A. J.
• Is Part Of: Dalton transactions. Volume 44:Issue 19(2015)
• Page Start: 9230
• Page End: 9240
• Publication Date: 2015-05-21
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; 546.05
• DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00942a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9226

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgjn29zb5m" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />A combination of gas-phase ion trap multistage mass spectrometry (MS^{<italic>n</italic>}) experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to examine the mechanisms of the sequential decomposition reactions of copper cyanoacetate anions, [(NCCH₂CO₂)₂Cu]⁻.</p> </abstract>