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. 2007 Oct 19;104(44):17272–17277. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708434104

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

Anionic mechanisms are unfeasible in isolation. On optimization, both ii and iii revert back to i (reactants). Free radical and neutral uncatalyzed mechanisms are also not viable because of the very large reaction barriers for the two steps shown.