Figure 1. B3LYP/6-31+G* geometries of reactants and transition states for hydroxide attack on p-nitrophenyl acetate and p-nitroacetanilide, which are minimal representations of the ester and amide substrates of 43C9, respectively. Bond distances shown are in Å.
Figure 2. B3LYP/6-31+G* geometries of reactants and transition states for hydroxide attack on phenyl acetate and acetanilide, which are minimal representations of the ester and amide substrates of 17E8, respectively. Bond distances shown are in Å.
