Table 1.
Computed and experimental 2° KIEs and EIEs
| Forward* | Reverse* | Equilibrium† | ||||
| Comp | Exp | Comp | Exp | Comp | Exp | |
| H2a (H/T)** | 1.33§ | 1.33¶ | 1.05§ | 1.05§ | 1.26§ | 1.33¶ |
| H2b (H/D)** | 1.06§ | 1.08∥ | 1.22§ | 1.24∥ | 0.87§ | 0.89∥ |
| H2a (D/T)*** | 1.03§ | 1.03†† | 0.97§ | 1.01§ | ||
Experimental errors are omitted here for clarity but are available in SI Text. The 2° hydrogens H2a and H2b are indicated in Fig. 4.
*The forward direction is the oxidation of benzyl alcohol and the reverse is the reduction of benzaldehyde.
†Equilibria refer to the forward direction.
**H transfer.
§This work.
¶Ref. 36.
∥Ref. 12.
***D transfer.
††Ref. 18.