Dynamic origin of the stereoselectivity of a nucleophilic substitution reaction.

Org Lett

Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , PO Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, United States.

Published: May 2012

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  • The study focused on nucleophilic substitution reactions involving a dichlorovinyl ketone, analyzing both experimental and computational data.
  • Experimentally, multiple products were formed, but conventional computational methods failed to predict the presence of a minor stereoisomer.
  • A dynamic trajectory analysis on an energy surface effectively explained the varying products and the reaction's stereoselectivity.

Article Abstract

A nucleophilic substitution on a dichlorovinyl ketone was studied experimentally and computationally. A mixture of products is observed experimentally, but a conventional computational analysis does not account for the formation of the minor stereoisomer. Instead, the product mixture is predicted accurately from a dynamic trajectory study on a bifurcating energy surface. The dynamic origin of the stereoselectivity of the reaction is discussed.

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