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SUBMITTER: Um JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2862978 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20100501 17
The intramolecular alpha-arylation of aldehydes via organo-SOMO catalysis was investigated using density functional theory (B3LYP and M06-2X functionals). The geometries, spin densities, Mulliken charges, and molecular orbitals of the reacting enamine radical cations were analyzed, and the nature of the resulting cyclized radical cation intermediates was characterized. In agreement with experimental observations, the calculated 1,3-disubstituted aromatic system shows ortho selectivity, while the ...[more]