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Inside Cover: Analyzing Reaction Rates with the Distortion/Interaction‐Activation Strain Model (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34/2017)
Author(s) -
Bickelhaupt F. Matthias,
Houk Kendall N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201707253
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , activation energy , distortion (music) , int , strain (injury) , chemistry , reaction mechanism , activation barrier , reaction rate , materials science , thermodynamics , computational chemistry , physics , computer science , catalysis , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , density functional theory , amplifier , optoelectronics , cmos , operating system , medicine
A model for analyzing and predicting reaction rates is presented by F. M. Bickelhaupt and K. N. Houk in their Review on page 10070 ff. This model is based on dissecting reaction profiles and energy barrier heights in terms of reactant properties, in particular, the strain associated with distorting the reactants and the interaction between the distorted reactants. The model is illustrated with examples from organic and inorganic chemistry.