Hammett parameter and molecular-modeling correlations of substituent effects on esterification kinetics

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 845-847

  Smith, Jeremy B ^a   Byrd, Houston ^a   O'Donnell, Stephen E ^a   Davis, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

Author keywords

Esters; Hands on learning manipulatives; Kinetics; Laboratory instruction; Molecular modeling; NMR spectroscopy; Nucleophilic substitution; Physical chemistry; Reactions; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955893797     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100212d     Document Type: Article

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