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SECONDARY /cap alpha/-DEUTERIUM ISOTOPE EFFECT: THE MECHANISM OF THE CIS- TRANS ISOMERISATION OF MALEIC ACID

Journal Article · · Chem. & Ind. (London)
OSTI ID:4187803

The cis-trans isomerization of maleic acid to fumaric acid, catalyzed by aqueous potassium thiocyanate. was investigated and found to be consistent with Streitwieser"s analysis of the secondary alpha -deuterium isotope effect Maleic acid with maleic acid-2: 3-d/sub 2/ exhibited an inverse isotope effect, kH/kD= 0.885 plus or minus 0.012 at 80 deg C. Carbon 2 or 3, having sp/sup 2/- hybridization in the initial state (C-H out-ofplane bending frequency: approximately 700 cm/sup -1/), was partially converted to an sp/sup 3/- tetrahedral carbon in the transition state. (C.J.G.)

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-007329
OSTI ID:
4187803
Journal Information:
Chem. & Ind. (London), Journal Name: Chem. & Ind. (London) Vol. Vol: No. 42
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English

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