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S N 1 Reactions with Inverse Rate Profiles
Author(s) -
Denegri Bernard,
Minegishi Shinya,
Kronja Olga,
Mayr Herbert
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353468
Subject(s) - solvolysis , carbocation , chemistry , computational chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , hydrolysis
Carbocations may accumulate during solvolysis reactions! The fact that fast ionization followed by slow trapping of the carbocation R + is a characteristic pattern of many solvolysis reactions requires that the generally accepted energy profiles of these reactions be revised.