ChemPhysChem 2013-12-05

Molecular mechanism of uncaging CO2 from nitrophenylacetate provides general guidelines for improved ortho-nitrobenzyl cages.

K M Henkels, G P Boivin, E S Dudley, S J Berberich, J Gomez-Cambronero

Index: ChemPhysChem 12(11) , 2077-80, (2011)

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Abstract

Femtosecond spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations provide detailed insights into the specificities of the uncaging mechanism of CO2 from ortho-, meta-, and para-nitrophenylacetate. The emerging general principles allow a rational design of improved ortho-nitrophenyl cages for chemical and biological applications.Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.