The hydration of an alkene by an acid is one of those fundamental reactions, taught early on in most chemistry courses. What can quantum mechanics teach us about the mechanism of the reaction?
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- Can a carbon radical act as a hydrogen bond acceptor?
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- Reduction of Nitro Groups, The Baeyer-Villiger, and Protection of Amines on The mechanism of the Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement.
- Henry Rzepa on Molecules of the year – 2019: Topological molecular nanocarbons – All-benzene catenane and trefoil knot.
- Angel Herráez on Molecules of the year – 2019: Topological molecular nanocarbons – All-benzene catenane and trefoil knot.
- Henry Rzepa on Sign inversions in optical rotation as a function of wavelength (ORD spectra)
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- Henry Rzepa on Molecules of the year – 2019: the incredible chloride cage.
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Emeritus Professor of computational chemistry, Imperial College London. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-8390
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