Abstract:The INDO calculational formalism is shown to account for the relative ease of carbonium ion formation and for the variation in isomerization rates of some simple arene oxides. Transition-state energy differences provide a reasonable correlation with observed isomerization rates for benzene oxide, methyl-substituted benzene oxides, naphthalene 1,2-oxide, and phenanthrene 9,10-oxide.
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