Matthew J. Colthurst

An open transition state in carbonyl acyl group transfer in aqueous solution

Salem A. Basaif, Matthew J. Colthurst, Mark A. Waring et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 · 1991 · 27 citations

Engineering, Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +17

Nucleophilic displacement at the benzoyl centre: a study of the change in geometry at the carbonyl carbon atom

Matthew J. Colthurst, Andrew Williams · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 · 1997 · 26 citations

Phenoxide Ion, Carbonyl Carbon Atom, Chemical Thermodynamics +15

Transfer of a positively charged acyl group between substituted phenolate ion nucleophiles: the brønsted β for the calibrating equilibrium for N-methylisonicotinyl (4-carbonyl-N-methylpyridinium) transfer

Matthew J. Colthurst, Matilde Nanni, Andrew Williams · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 · 1996 · 17 citations

Alpha-Effect nucleophiles and azide ion: effective charge studies of displacement reactions at esters

Matthew J. Colthurst, Angeline JSS Kanagasooriam, Michael SO Wong et al. · Canadian Journal of Chemistry · 1998 · 15 citations

Chemical Kinetics, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +18