Browsing by Subject "kinetic isotope effects"
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Several organic reactions that could potentially involve coarctate transition states were investigated by a combination of experimental and theoretical studies. In the thermal fragmentation of âÂÂ-1,3,4-oxadiazolines, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Transition metal catalyzed reactions have an important place in synthetic chemistry, but the mechanistic details for many of these reactions remain undetermined. Through a combination of experimentally determined 13C kinetic ...
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(2012-02-14)Non-statistical recrossing in ketene cycloadditions with alkenes, heavy-atom tunneling and the mechanism of the decarboxylation of Mandelylthiamin is investigated in this dissertation. A combination of experimental kinetic ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Tyrosine hydroxylase (TyrH) catalyzes the pterin-dependent hydroxylation of tyrosine to form dihydroxyphenylalanine. The enzyme requires one atom of ferrous iron for activity. Using deuterated 4-methylphenylalanine ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Organic reactions are systematically examined experimentally and theoretically to determine the role dynamics plays in the outcome of the reaction. It is shown that trajectory studies are of vital importance in understanding ...