Computational study of reactivity and transition structures in nucleophilic substitutions on benzyl bromides

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5570-5580

  Ruff, Ferenc ^a   Farkas, Ödön ^a   Kucsman, Árpád ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activation parameters; Benzyl bromides; Density functional calculations; Nucleophilic substitutions; Solvent effect; Substituent effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845934549     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600543     Document Type: Article

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