Mechanistic analysis of double hydrogen dyotropy in syn-sesquinorbornene disulfones. A combined kinetic and theoretical evaluation of primary deuterium isotope effects

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00103a005

Two sets of syn-sesquinorbornene disulfones have been prepared that carry either one or two deuterium atoms α to the sulfonyl substituents. The rates of dyotropic rearrangement were measured in these systems in order to assess the deuterium isotope effect