Daniel Herschlag

Dissertation: Mechanisms of phosphoryl transfer. Kinetics and thermodynamics of phosphoryl transfer with nitrogen and oxygen bases: The metaphosphate question; the nature of the transition state; the effects on reactivity of electrostatic repulsion, steric factors and hydrogen bonding; the high reactivity of $\alpha$-effect nucleophiles and fluoride ion; and metal ion catalysis, inhibition, and effects on transition state structure

Mathematics Subject Classification: 92—Biology and other natural sciences