Consider the four reactions. The first two are taught in introductory organic chemistry as (a) a proton transfer, often abbreviated PT, from X to B (a base) and (b) a hydride transfer from X to A (an acid). The third example is taught as a hydrogen atom transfer or HAT from X to (in this example) O. Recently an article has appeared[cite]10.1002/anie.201805511[/cite] citing an example of a fourth fundamental type (d), which is given the acronym cPCET which I will expand later. Here I explore this last type a bit further, in the context that X-H bond activations are currently a very active area of research.
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A Theoretical Method for Distinguishing X‐H Bond Activation Mechanisms.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018Tags:chemical reactions, Chemistry, Deprotonation, Hydride, Hydrogen, Hydrogen atom abstraction, Proton, proton travel, Proton-coupled electron transfer, Technology/Internet
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