Leaving group effects in gas-phase substitutions and eliminations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 12977-12983

  Gronert, Scott ^a   Fagin, Adelaide E ^a   Okamoto, Keiko ^a   Mogali, Sudha ^b   Pratt, Lawrence M ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

DIANIONS; GAS PHASE; SOLVATION;

GASES;

BROMIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; PROPANE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; GAS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 5644243004     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja047002u     Document Type: Article

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