Gas-phase ionic reactions: Dynamics and mechanism of nucleophilic displacements

TitleGas-phase ionic reactions: Dynamics and mechanism of nucleophilic displacements
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1998
AuthorsM.L. Chabinyc, SL Craig, CK Regan, and J.I. Brauman
JournalSCIENCE
Volume279
Pagination1882-1886
Date PublishedMAR 20
ISSN0036-8075
AbstractNucleophilic displacement reactions (the S(N)2 reaction) of ions in the gas phase are a prototypical reaction system that allows a study of dynamics, mechanisms, and structure-energy relations. This article reviews aspects of the kinetics (especially the applicability of statistical reaction rate theory), the relation of structure and reactivity, and the effects of small numbers of solvent molecules on the reaction and compares the behavior of the ionic reaction in the gas phase with that in solution.
DOI10.1126/science.279.5358.1882