Issue 30, 2008
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Chemical Communications

The importance of solvent reorganisation in the effect of an ionic liquid on a unimolecular substitution process†

Hon Man Yau,a   Susan A. Barnes,b   James M. Hook,c   Tristan G. A. Youngs,d   Anna K. Croft*b  and  Jason B. Harper*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
E-mail: j.harper@unsw.edu.au
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b School of Chemistry, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
E-mail: a.k.croft@bangor.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 1248 382391

c Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

d Atomistic Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

Abstract

Temperature dependent rate studies demonstrate an enthalpic benefit and an entropic cost associated with the change in the rate of a unimolecular substitution process on addition of a high proportion of an ionic liquid, the latter effect being supported by molecular dynamics simulations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B805255G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Mar 2008
Accepted
30 Apr 2008
First published
09 Jun 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3576-3578

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H. M. Yau, S. A. Barnes, J. M. Hook, T. G. A. Youngs, A. K. Croft and J. B. Harper, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3576 DOI: 10.1039/B805255G

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