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Electrostatic catalysis of a Diels–Alder reaction

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  • Albert C. Aragonès

    (Departament de Química-Física, Universitat de Barcelona
    Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)
    Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-BBN), Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D)

  • Naomi L. Haworth

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University)

  • Nadim Darwish

    (Departament de Química-Física, Universitat de Barcelona
    Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC))

  • Simone Ciampi

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong)

  • Evelyn Jane Mannix

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University)

  • Gordon G. Wallace

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong)

  • Ismael Diez-Perez

    (Departament de Química-Física, Universitat de Barcelona
    Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)
    Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-BBN), Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D)

  • Michelle L. Coote

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University)

Abstract

Theory suggests that many chemical reactions (not simply, as is often thought, redox reactions) might be catalysed by an applied electric field; experimental evidence for this is now provided from single-molecule studies of the formation of carbon–carbon bonds in a Diels–Alder reaction.

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  • Albert C. Aragonès & Naomi L. Haworth & Nadim Darwish & Simone Ciampi & Evelyn Jane Mannix & Gordon G. Wallace & Ismael Diez-Perez & Michelle L. Coote, 2016. "Electrostatic catalysis of a Diels–Alder reaction," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7592), pages 88-91, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7592:d:10.1038_nature16989
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16989
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