Electrostatic catalysis of a Diels–Alder reaction

Albert C. Aragonès, Naomi L. Haworth, Nadim Darwish (), Simone Ciampi (), Evelyn J. Mannix, Gordon G. Wallace, Ismael Diez-Perez () and Michelle L. Coote ()
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Albert C. Aragonès: Departament de Química-Física, Universitat de Barcelona
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
Simone Ciampi: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong
Evelyn J. 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
Michelle L. Coote: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7592, 88-91

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.

Date: 2016
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