Figure 8.
Enthalpy profile for oxidative addition of 1a with PhCH2Br in acetone at the B3LYP/6-31G(d)-LANL2DZ level. The optimized structures of the species involved in the reactions are shown. The summation of the energies of the 1a and PhCH2Br was considered to be zero, and the other energy levels vary relative to this.