Liquid ammonia as a dipolar aprotic solvent for aliphatic nucleophilic substitution reactions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1425-1435

  Ji, Pengju ^a   Atherton, John ^a   Page, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM IONS; BENZYL CHLORIDES; BENZYL HALIDES; DIPOLAR APROTIC SOLVENT; FIRST ORDER; FREE BASE; FREE IONS; HYDROLYSIS RATE; ION PAIR FORMATION; IONIZATION CONSTANT; LINEAR FREE-ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LIQUID AMMONIA; METHOXY; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; PHENOXIDE IONS; RING SUBSTITUENTS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTITUTED BENZYL CHLORIDES; UV SPECTRUM;

AMINES; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DERIVATIVES; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FREE ENERGY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; NUCLEOPHILES; PHENOLS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LIQUIDS;

1 NAPHTHOL; 3 CHLOROPHENOL; 3 NITROPHENOL; 4 CARBOMETHOXY PHENOL; 4 CARBOMETHOXYBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 CHLOROBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 CHLOROPHENOL; 4 CYANOBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 METHOXYBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 METHYLBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 NITROBENZYL CHLORIDE; 4 NITROPHENOL; ALPHA METHYL 4 METHOXYBENZYL CHLORIDE; ALPHA METHYL BENZYL CHLORIDE; AMINE; AMMONIA; BENZYL CHLORIDE; LIQUID AMMONIA; MEQUINOL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZATION; PKA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVOLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINES; AMMONIA; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 79952152630     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo102173k     Document Type: Article

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