Heterolytic bond dissociation in water: why is it so easy for C4H9Cl but not for C3H9SiCl?
Su P, Song L, Wu W, Shaik S, Hiberty PC.
Su P, et al. Among authors: shaik s.
J Phys Chem A. 2008 Apr 3;112(13):2988-97. doi: 10.1021/jp8004647. Epub 2008 Mar 11.
J Phys Chem A. 2008.
PMID: 18331015
The recently developed (Song, L.; Wu, W.; Zhang, Q.; Shaik, S. J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 6017-6024) valence bond method coupled to a polarized continuum model (VBPCM) is used to address the long standing conundrum of the heterolytic dissociation of the C-Cl and Si …
The recently developed (Song, L.; Wu, W.; Zhang, Q.; Shaik, S. J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 6017-6024) valence bond method coup …