Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1982, 47, 2180-2189
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19822180
Simple theoretical models for elimination reactions on polar catalysts; The reactivity of halogeno-, hydroxy-, amino- and mercaptopropane
Jiří Sedláček
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
Abstract
CNDO/2 calculations have been made for simple models of the adsorption of (CH3)2CHZ molecules (Z = Cl, OH, NH2, and SH) on the surface of polar catalysts. The results of these calculations and their interpretation by the method of configuration analysis in terms of uniformly localized molecular orbitals made it possible to explain satisfactorily a series of experimental facts. The mechanism and stereoselectivity of the reaction as well as reactivity trends for the series of the molecules studied are discussed.
