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Alcohol Dimer is Requisite to Form an Alkyl Oxonium Ion in the Proton Transfer of a Strong (Photo)Acid to Alcohol
Author(s) -
Park SunYoung,
Lee Young Min,
Kwac Kijeong,
Jung Yousung,
Kwon OhHoon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201600695
Subject(s) - oxonium ion , proton , alkyl , chemistry , alcohol , quenching (fluorescence) , dimer , photochemistry , ion , fluorescence , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Oh‐Hoon Kwon at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and the Institute for Basic Science in Ulsan. The image depicts a two‐pan balance representing the enhancement of an alcohol's basicity by hydrogen‐bonded clustering, as investigated by time‐resolved fluorescence quenching of a strong Brønsted photoacid. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.201503948.