Further information about the mechanism of the ethyl formate pyrolysis reaction can be obtained by replacing the

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Further information about the mechanism of the ethyl formate pyrolysis reaction can be obtained by replacing the static picture with a movie; that is, an animation along the reaction coordinate. Bring up “ethyl formate pyrolysis” (on the Spartan download) and examine the change in electron density as the reaction proceeds. Do hydrogen migration and C~O bond cleavage appear to occur in concert or is one leading the other? 

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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