Can transacylation reactions occur via SN2 pathways in the gas phase? Insights via ion-molecule reactions of N-acylpyridinium ions and ab initio calculations

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2567-2570

  O'Hair, Richard A J ^a   Androutsopoulos, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0001615022     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006060r     Document Type: Article

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