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Interface Water Catalysis of the Epoxide Opening
Author(s) -
Zheng Yiying,
Zhang Jingping
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900519
Subject(s) - epoxide , interface (matter) , nucleophile , catalysis , proton , transfer (computing) , chemistry , process (computing) , acceleration , charge (physics) , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , physics , nuclear physics , operating system , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , gibbs isotherm
The water acceleration of the nucleophilic opening of cyclohexadiene monoepoxide is investigated theoretically. The results show that the water catalyst accelerates the reaction not only by assisting the proton‐transfer step but also by strengthening the entering and leaving groups through a charge‐transfer process that is induced by the different strengths between two proton‐transfer processes.