Volume 52, Issue 16 pp. 4380-4383
Communication

Microhydration Effects on the Intermediates of the SN2 Reaction of Iodide Anion with Methyl Iodide

Keisuke Doi

Keisuke Doi

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

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Eijiro Togano

Eijiro Togano

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

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Dr. Sotiris S. Xantheas

Dr. Sotiris S. Xantheas

Chemical and Materials Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 (USA)

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Ryuzo Nakanishi

Ryuzo Nakanishi

Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902 (Japan)

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Prof. Takashi Nagata

Prof. Takashi Nagata

Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902 (Japan)

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Prof. Takayuki Ebata

Prof. Takayuki Ebata

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

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Dr. Yoshiya Inokuchi

Corresponding Author

Dr. Yoshiya Inokuchi

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 30 January 2013
Citations: 30

This work is supported by Grant-in-Aids (21350016) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. S.S.X. acknowledges support from the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a multiprogram national laboratory operated for the DOE by Battelle.

Graphical Abstract

Water gets in the way: Hydrated I(CH3I) complexes, I(CH3I)(H2O)1–3, are investigated by IR photodissociation spectroscopy to examine the stable structures of the intermediates of the I+CH3I→ICH3+I SN2 reaction under hydrated conditions. The structures and the energetics of the complexes suggest that just one or two H2O molecules will effectively inhibit this SN2 reaction.

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