Abstract
A homoanomeric effect is found to stabilize the 1,2-dimethoxyethyl radical (CH3O-C•H-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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 429-436 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Chemistry |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |