Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. Chemistry Dept.
Advisor(s)
Thomas W. Shattuck
Second Advisor
Bradford P. Mundy
Third Advisor
Charles Conover
Abstract
Experimentally an unexpected reactivity difference was observed between a diester and imide system. Both A and C were thought to react similarly. However, while the diester, A, underwent a dienolate-mediated oxidation to form the corresponding alkene product, the imide, C, was unreactive.
This study examines this reactivity difference between the diester and the imide systems through a computational approach. The differences between the two systems will be considered at each step of the proposed mechanism. Also considered in this study is the appropriate method for handling dianions computationally.
Keywords
diesters, imides, dienolate-mediated oxidation, dianons
Recommended Citation
Haller, Sylvia, "A Computational Study of the Reactivity Differences of Two Carbonyl Dianions" (2006). Honors Theses. Paper 881.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/881
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