Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (12): 2227.

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A Valence Bond Method Study for SN2 Reaction Xl-+CH3Xr→XlCH3+Xl-(Xl=Xr=F,Cl,Br,I)

CHEN Yan-Fen, SONG Ling-Chun, WU Wei, ZHANG Qian-Er   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Center of Theoretical Chemistry, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2003-05-06 Online:2003-12-24 Published:2003-12-24

Abstract: Barriers and VBquantities for SN2 reaction Xl-+CH3Xr→XlCH3+Xr-(Xl=Xr=F, Cl, Br, I) are calculated by valence bond configuration interaction(VBCI) method. The computational results show that the VB results obtained by using CImethod are in good agreement with those obtained by using the molecular orbital based coupled cluster CCSD method. The reaction parameters for the S N2 identity reaction, including promotion gap G, height of crossing point, resonance energy B, and curvature factor f, are discussed. They show the same trend as that predicted by semiempirical VBtheory, and provide quantitative data for understanding the reaction mechanism.

Key words: SN2 reaction, Ab initio, Valence bond theory, Valence bond state correlation diagram(VBSCD)

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