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The Transition State of Thermal Organic Reactions: Direct Observation in Real Time
Author(s) -
Paik D. Hern,
Yang DingShyue,
Lee IRen,
Zewail Ahmed H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200453962
Subject(s) - cyclooctatetraene , femtosecond , planar , thermal , ion , chemical physics , inversion (geology) , chemistry , photochemistry , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , laser , thermodynamics , molecule , optics , organic chemistry , physics , geology , computer science , computer graphics (images) , paleontology , structural basin
A classic in physical organic chemistry , the inversion of cyclooctatetraene (COT), was studied with femtosecond resolution by negative‐ion‐beam techniques. The transition state for the thermal inversion was accessed directly by detachment of the electron from the planar COT − ion.