On the origin and structure of the recently observed acetal in the Soai reaction

Ilya Gridnev, Andrey Kh Vorobiev

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Abstract

Recent observation of the acetal species in the course of auto-amplifying Soai reaction was analysed by the formal kinetic analysis of the experimental data and DFT computations. Kinetic analysis demonstrated convincingly that the observed species cannot be a precursor of the reaction product. Hence, it is an off-loop species that is not important for the process of the chirality amplification. DFT search for a kinetically stable acetal species resulted in the location of a Zn3 cluster stabilized with three ZnOZn bridges.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333-340
Number of pages8
JournalBulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Jan 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)

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