Substituent effects on the dehydration of arene hydrates in aqueous solution

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 989-996

  O'Mahony, Michelle J ^a   More O'Ferrall, Rory A ^b   Boyd, Derek R ^c   Lam, Casey M ^a   O'Donoghue, Annmarie C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arene hydrates; dehydration; substituent effects

Indexed keywords

CARBOCATIONS; DATA POINTS; GENERAL ACID CATALYSIS; HAMMETT PLOTS; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANT; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT; UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BENZENE REFINING; COPYRIGHTS; DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

HYDRATES;

EID: 84888430142     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.3174     Document Type: Article

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