Information conservation principle determines electrophilicity, nucleophilicity, and regioselectivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3698-3704

  Liu, Shubin ^a   Rong, Chuying ^b   Lu, Tian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS;

ATOMIC CHARGE; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES; ELECTROPHILICITY; NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK; NUCLEOPHILIC REACTION; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ARTICLE; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM;

QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84901274697     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5032702     Document Type: Article

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