The entropy inhibition of a gas-phase SN 2 reaction

S Okada, Y Abe, S Taniguchi, S Yamabe

Index: Okada, Satoshi; Abe, Yasuo; Taniguchi, Setsuo; Yamabe, Shinichi Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1989 , # 10 p. 610 - 612

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Abstract

The recent development of ion cyclotron resonance and high pressure mass spectrometry makes the measurement of gas-phase sN2 reactions feasible. The SN2 reaction involving positive ions is of particular mechanistic interest. The combi- nation of methanol and protonated methanol has been reported to proceed via the typical sN2 mechanism with Walden inversion.' In the present work, the kinetics of a gas-phase reaction between protonated methanol and ammonia ...