Publications by authors named "Dasarath Swaraj"
Studying larger nucleophiles in bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (S2) reactions bridges the gap from simple model systems to those relevant to organic chemistry. Therefore, we investigated the reaction dynamics between the methoxy anion (CHO) and iodomethane (CHI) in our crossed-beam setup combined with velocity map imaging at the four collision energies 0.4, 0.
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- The study focuses on the competition between bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (S2) and base-induced elimination (E2) reactions, exploring how suppressing the E2 pathway affects the S2 reactivity of certain chemical reactions.
- Researchers compared the reactions involving fluorinated and non-fluorinated compounds using advanced techniques like crossed-beam setups and selected-ion flow tubes to analyze reaction rates and mechanisms.
- Findings indicate that fluorination at the β-carbon reduces overall S2 reactivity by competing with highly reactive pathways, leading to the formation of byproducts like FHF and CFCI.