Homoanomeric effect in the 1,2-dimethoxyethyl radical

David J. Henry*, Athelstan L.J. Beckwith, Leo Radom

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    Abstract

    A homoanomeric effect is found to stabilize the 1,2-dimethoxyethyl radical (CH3O-CH-CH2OCH3) in a conformation in which the singly-occupied orbital at the radical centre is approximately coplanar with the p-type lone pair on the α-oxygen and with the β-C-O bond. The magnitude of this stabilization is predicted to be ∼ 10-12 kJ mol-1 at the G3(MP2)-RAD and DBS-RAD levels of theory.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)429-436
    Number of pages8
    JournalAustralian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume56
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

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