Theoretical studies on nucleophilic vinylic halide substitution

Lin Jing Yang, Xiao Yuan Fu, Shao Wen Zhang

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Abstract

The reactions of vinyl fluoride, chloride, bromide and iodide with CN- and OH- were studied. The trend of reactivity of vinyl halide with these two nucleophile is: fluoroethene<chloroethene ≈ bromoethene<iodoethene. The reaction of vinyl fluoride with CN- tends to be a multi-step process while the reactions of the other three vinyl halides with CN-, OH- are all single-step processes. The nucleophilicity of CN- is stronger than that of OH-.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)631-634
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Chemical Letters
Volume7
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

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Yang, L. J., Fu, X. Y., & Zhang, S. W. (1996). Theoretical studies on nucleophilic vinylic halide substitution. Chinese Chemical Letters, 7(7), 631-634.