A computational study into the reactivity of epichlorohydrin and epibromohydrin under basic conditions in the gas phase and solution

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-29

  Merrill, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio modeling; Epibromohydrin; Epichlorohydrin; Gas phase; Hydroxide; Reaction mechanism; Solution

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPHILES; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

AB INITIO MODELING; EPIBROMOHYDRIN; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; GAS PHASE;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33947131290     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.1119     Document Type: Article

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