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SUBMITTER: Kelly KK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2755528 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090601 24
Intramolecular (13)C kinetic isotope effects were determined for the dimerization of cyclopentadiene. Substantial isotope effects were observed in three positions, despite the C(2) symmetry of the cycloaddition transition state and the absence of dynamical bottlenecks after this transition state. The observed isotope effects were predicted well from trajectory studies by extrapolating the outcomes of trajectories incorporating superheavy isotopes of carbon, ranging from (20)C to (140)C. Trajecto ...[more]