Recent Publications

"A Comparison of Different Theoretical Models for Calculating Isodesmic Reaction Energies for Small Ring and Related Compounds," K. B. Wiberg and J. J. Ochterski, J. Comput. Chem. 1997, 18, 108.

"Ab Initio CBS-QCI Calculations of the Inversion Mode of Ammonia," D, J. Rush and K. B. Wiberg, J. Phys. Chem. 1997, 101, 3143-3151.

"Properties of Some Condensed Aromatic Systems," K. B. Wiberg, J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 5720-5727.

"Heats of Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds," K. B. Wiberg and M. A. Murcko, Tetrahedron, 1997, 53, 10123-10132.

"C NMR Chemical Shifts of Methyl Cation and Anion: A Relationship between the Chemnical Shift and Charge?" K. B. Wiberg, J. D. Hammer, T,. A. Keith and Kurt Zilm, Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 323-326.

"Reactions of Perfluoro-1-chloro-2-trimethylsilylcyclobutene," K. B. Wiberg and M. Marquez, Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 1685-1688.

"Ring Expansion and Contraction of a Two-Carbon Bridged Spiropentane," K, B. Wiberg and J. R. Snoonian, J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 1390-1401.

"Synthesis, Reactions and Structural Studies of Two-Carbon Bridged Spiropentanes," K. B. Wiberg and J. R. Snoonian, J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 1402-1407.

"Effect of Fluorine Substitution on the Energies of Small Ring Compounds," K. B. Wiberg and M. Marquez, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 2932-2938.

" AB Initio Study of the Solvent Effects on the Singlet-Triplet Gap of Nitrenium Ions and Carbenes " Carlos Gonzalez, Albeiro Restrepo-Cossio, Manuel Marquez, Kenneth B. Wiberg. And Michael De Rosa, J. Phys. Chem . 1998 , 102, 2732-2738.

"Substituent Effects. 7. Phenyl Derivatives. When is Fluorine a p -Donor?" K. B. Wiberg and P. R. Rablen, J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 3722.

" A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study of the Electronically Excited States of Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, and Acetone," Kenneth B. Wiberg, R. Eric Stratman, Chem. Phys Lett, 1998, 297, 60-64.

" NMR Chemical Shifts. 1. The Role of Relative Atomic Orbital Phase in Determining the Sign of the Paramagnetic Terms: CIF, CH3F, CH3NH3+, FNH3+, and HC=CF," Kenneth B. Wiberg, Jack D. Hammer, Kurt W. Zilm, James R. Cheeseman, and Todd A. Keith, J. Phys. Chem. 1998, 102, 8766-8773.

"C-O and C-S Bonds: Stability, Bond Dissociaton Energies, and Resonance Stabilization," Christopher M. Hadad, Paul R. Rablen, and Kenneth B. Wiberg, J. Org. Chem. 1998 , 63,, 8668-8681.

"Solvent Effect on Methyl Transfer Reactions. 1. The Menshutkin Reaction," Henry Castejon and Kenneth B. Wiberg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 2139-2146.

"NMR Chemical Shits. 2. Monocyclic Aromatic Compounds and Carbenes," Kenneth B. Wiberg, Jack D. Hammer, Todd A. Keith and Kurt Zilm, J. Phys. Chem 1999,103, 21-27.

"Conformational Studies in the Cyclohexane Series. 1. Experimental and Computational Investigation of Methy, Ethyl, Isopropyl and tert-Butylcyclohexanes," Kenneth B. Wiberg, Jack D. Hammer, Henry Castejon, William F. Bailey, Eric L. DeLeon and Ronald M. Jarret, J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2085-2095.

"Conformations of Ehtyl Esters versus Thiolesters," Kenneth B. Wiberg, R. K. Bohn, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 1999, 102: (1-6) , 272-278.