Dept. of Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Ryberg, Per; Matsson, O. The Mechanism of Base-Promoted HF Elimination from
4-Fluoro-4-(4´-nitrophenyl)butan-2-one: A Multiple Isotope Effect Study Including the Leaving Group ¹⁸F/¹⁹F KIE.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2712-2718.

Lewandowicz, A.; Rudzinski, J.; Tronstad, L.; Widersten, M.; Ryberg, P.; Matsson, O.;
Paneth, P. Chlorine Kinetic Isotope Effects on the Haloalkane Dehalogenase Reaction.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4550 - 4555.

Ryberg, P.; Matsson, O. The Mechanism of Base Promoted HF Elimination from 4-Fluoro-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-butan-2-one is E1cB. Evidence from Double Isotopic Fractionation Experiments.
J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 811 - 814.

Fang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Ryberg, P.; Eriksson, J.; Kolodziejska-Huben, M.; Dybala-Defraktyka, A.; Madhavan, S.; Danielsson, R.; Paneth, P.; Matsson, O.; Westaway, K. Experimental and Theoretical Multiple Kinetic Isotope Effects for an S_N2 Reaction. An Attempt to Determine Transition State Structure and the Ability of Theoretical Methods to Predict Experimental Kinetic Isotope Effects.
Chemistry. A European Journal 2003, 9, 2696 - 2709.

Dybała-Defratyka, A; Rostkowski, M; Matsson, O.; Westaway, K; Paneth, P.
New Interpretation of Chlorine Leaving Group Kinetic Isotope Effects; A Theoretical Approach.
J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 4900-05.

Matsson, O. Isotope Effects for Exotic Nuclei.
In: Isotope Effects in Chemistry and Biology. Hans Limbach and Amnon Kohen (Eds.), CRC-Press, 2005.

Matsson, O.; Dybala-Defratyka, A.; Rostkowski, M.; Paneth, P.; Westaway, K. C. A Theoretical Investigation of α-Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects and Their Relationship to the Transition-State Structure of S_N2 Reactions.
J. Org. Chem. 2005; 70; 4022-4027.

Fang, Y.-R.; MacMillar, S.; Eriksson, J.; Kolodziejska-Huben, M.; Dybala-Defratyka, A.; Paneth, P.; Matsson, O.; Westaway, K. C.
The Effect of Solvent on the Structure of the Transition State for the S_N2 Reaction between Cyanide Ion and Ethyl Chloride in DMSO and THF Probed with Six Different Kinetic Isotope Effects.
J. Org. Chem. 2006; 71; 4742-4747.