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

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1058-1071

  Shields, E S ^a,b   Merrill, G N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NUCLEOPHILES; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

AB INITIO MODELING; EPIBROMOHYDRIN; GAS PHASE; REACTION MECHANISM;

ACIDITY;

EID: 36749018651     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.1255     Document Type: Article

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