Recent Insights into Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Organic Reactions.

Recent Insights into Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Organic Reactions.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 Jan 16;:
Authors: Castro C, Karney WL
Abstract
In the past few years numerous investigations have been reported on the role of heavy-atom tunneling in the area of pericyclic reactions, π-bond shifting, and other processes. These studies illustrate unique strategies for experimental detection of heavy-atom tunneling and the increased use of calculations to predict tunneling.  This Minireview focuses primarily on carbon tunneling in ground-state processes but also highlights nitrogen tunneling and the first example of excited-state heavy-atom tunneling. Salient features of these reactions along with potential limitations are discussed, as well as challenges and directions for future investigation.
PMID: 31944500 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Angewandte Chemie - January 15, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Castro C, Karney WL Tags: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl Source Type: research