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Catalytic Action of a Single Water Molecule in a Proton‐Migration Reaction
Author(s) -
Matsuda Yoshiyuki,
Yamada Ayako,
Hanaue Kenichi,
Mikami Naohiko,
Fujii Asuka
Publication year - 2010
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.201001364
Subject(s) - catalysis , action (physics) , proton , chemistry , molecule , biochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
Baby steps : The mechanism of proton migration in an ionized acetone–water cluster was studied by IR spectroscopy. After the ionization, water abstracts a proton from the methyl group of the acetone moiety and transfers it to the carbonyl group (see picture).