E. Gawlita et al., KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS ON THE MENSHUTKIN REACTION - THEORY VERSUS EXPERIMENT, Journal of physical organic chemistry, 9(1), 1996, pp. 41-49
Nitrogen, carbon and secondary deuterium kinetic isotope effects were
calculated for the Menshutkin reaction between methyl iodide and para-
substituted aromatic N,N-dimethylamines using quantum mechanical metho
ds. Different semiempirical Hamiltonians and continuum solvent models
were evaluated on the basis of comparison between the experimental and
theoretical values of these isotope effects.