Computational study of electrophilic addition to acrylate anion: cyclic halonium is the transition structure for degenerate rearrangement of alpha-lactones

G D Ruggiero, I H Williams

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Abstract

The cyclic chloronium or bromonium carboxylate obtained by addition of Cl+ or Br+ to acrylate anion is shown by PCM/ B3LYP/ 6- 31+ G* calculations to be not an intermediate but a transition structure for interconversion of equivalent halomethyl oxiranones.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)732-733
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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