GAS-PHASE IONIC REACTIONS - DYNAMICS AND MECHANISM OF NUCLEOPHILIC DISPLACEMENTS

Authors
CHABINYC ML CRAIG SL REGAN CK BRAUMAN JI
Citation
Ml. Chabinyc et al., GAS-PHASE IONIC REACTIONS - DYNAMICS AND MECHANISM OF NUCLEOPHILIC DISPLACEMENTS, Science, 279(5358), 1998, pp. 1882-1886
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00368075
Volume
279
Issue
5358
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1882 - 1886
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(1998)279:5358<1882:GIR-DA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Nucleophilic displacement reactions (the S(N)2 reaction) of ions in th e gas phase are a prototypical reaction system that allows a study of dynamics, mechanisms, and structure-energy relations. This article rev iews aspects of the kinetics (especially the applicability of statisti cal reaction rate theory), the relation of structure and reactivity, a nd the effects of small numbers of solvent molecules on the reaction a nd compares the behavior of the ionic reaction in the gas phase with t hat in solution.