The inherent competition between addition and substitution reactions of Br2 with benzene and arenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 6809-6813

  Kong, Jing ^b   Galabov, Boris ^a   Koleva, Gergana ^a   Zou, Ji Jun ^b   Schaefer III, Henry F ^c   Schleyer, Paul Von Ragué ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatic hydrocarbons; bromine; density functional calculations; electrophilic substitution; reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPLORATION; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; SUBSTITUTION PRODUCTS;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BROMINE; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BENZENE;

EID: 79960283267     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101852     Document Type: Article

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