The mechanisms of oxygen transfer from acyl and alkyl hydroperoxides to metal(III) porphyrins and the epoxidation of alkenes by the resultant hypervalent metal-oxo porphyrin products.

T. C. Bruice, Aldrichimica Acta, 1988, 21, 87.

Key Words:
PHYSICAL ORGANIC/MECHANISMS/EPOXIDATION



A view at the millennium: The efficiency of enzymatic catalysis

T. C. Bruice, Acc. Chem. Res., 2002, 35, 139.

Key Words:
TRANSITION-STATE STRUCTURE/MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS/CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE/CYCLIC ANHYDRIDE FORMATION/ACTIVE-SITE/GROUND-STATE/CHORISMATE MUTASE/INTRAMOLECULAR REACTIONS/DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE/HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE



Ground state and transition state contributions to the rates of intramolecular and enzymatic reactions.

T. C. Bruice, F. C. Lightstone, Acc. Chem. Res., 1999, 32, 127.

Key Words:
CYCLIC ANHYDRIDE FORMATION/HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE/DEHYDROGENASE ENZYMES/ALKYL-HALIDES/BASIS-SETS/GAS-PHASE/CONFORMATIONS/REACTIVITY/MECHANISM/ACIDS