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Abstract
A new probe for measuring nucleophilicity was introduced. The kinetics of various species with β-nitrostyrene (NS) as an electrophile was studied in methanol at room temperature. All measurements were performed by scanning the UV absorptions of NS as a probe scale. The novelty of probe, and method solve the difficulties in measuring the nucleophilicity and show interesting findings for primary, secondary amines, thiols, and salts. The results are helpful to find the reaction rates, mechanisms, and pathways based on the nature of the nucleophiles. The solvents parameters, including hydrogen bond donor/acceptor, polarizability and dipole moments of the solvents were considered in the analysis of the measurements. This work shows that nucleophilicity is mainly influenced by the type of nucleophiles.
期刊介绍:
Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (SAA) is an interdisciplinary journal which spans from basic to applied aspects of optical spectroscopy in chemistry, medicine, biology, and materials science.
The journal publishes original scientific papers that feature high-quality spectroscopic data and analysis. From the broad range of optical spectroscopies, the emphasis is on electronic, vibrational or rotational spectra of molecules, rather than on spectroscopy based on magnetic moments.
Criteria for publication in SAA are novelty, uniqueness, and outstanding quality. Routine applications of spectroscopic techniques and computational methods are not appropriate.
Topics of particular interest of Spectrochimica Acta Part A include, but are not limited to:
Spectroscopy and dynamics of bioanalytical, biomedical, environmental, and atmospheric sciences,
Novel experimental techniques or instrumentation for molecular spectroscopy,
Novel theoretical and computational methods,
Novel applications in photochemistry and photobiology,
Novel interpretational approaches as well as advances in data analysis based on electronic or vibrational spectroscopy.