Why are carboxylic acids stronger acids than alcohols? The electrostatic theory of Siggel-Thomas revisited

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 505, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 161-167

  Burk, P ^a,b   Von Rague Schleyer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acidity; Electrostatics; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0034717959     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(99)00357-7     Document Type: Article

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