| Literature DB >> 28252840 |
Luca Evangelisti1, Lorenzo Spada1,2, Weixing Li1, Fanny Vazart2, Vincenzo Barone2, Walther Caminati1.
Abstract
By mixing primary and secondary alcohols with carboxylic acids just before the supersonic expansion within pulsed Fourier transform microwave experiments, only the rotational spectrum of the ester was observed. However, when formic acid was mixed with tertiary alcohols, adducts were formed and their rotational spectra could be easily measured. Quantum mechanical calculations were performed to interpret the experimental evidence.Entities:
Keywords: chemical dynamics calculations; esterification; hydrogen bonding; molecular complexes; rotational spectroscopy
Year: 2017 PMID: 28252840 PMCID: PMC5598748 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612231
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336