Dramatic effects of halogen substitution and solvent on the rates and mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution reactions of aziridines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2510-2517

  Banks, Harold D ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS;

BROMOAZIRIDINES; CARBON POSITIONS;

SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; HALIDE; HALOGEN; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ACETONITRILES; AMINES; AMMONIA; AZIRIDINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FURANS; HALOGENS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 41649089821     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo7023224     Document Type: Article

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