Previously on this blog: modelling the reduction of cinnamaldehyde using one molecule of lithal shows easy reduction of the carbonyl but a high barrier at the next stage, the reduction of the double bond. Here is a quantum energetic exploration of what might happen when a second LAH is added to the brew (the usual ωB97XD/6-311+G(d,p)/SCRF=diethyl ether).
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A better model for the mechanism of Lithal (LAH) reduction of cinnamaldehyde?
Friday, April 10th, 2015Tags:computed free energy barrier, energy, energy surface, final product, flat energy potential, free energy, lower energy pathways, metal exchange, pence, potential energy surface, reduction, Yes
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