Published June 9, 2008 | Version v1
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The importance of solvent reorganisation in the effect of an ionic liquid on a unimolecular substitution process

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  • 1. University of New South Wales
  • 2. University of Wales Bangor
  • 3. Queen's University Belfast

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Temperature dependent rate studies demonstrate an enthalpic benefit and an entropic cost associated with the change in the rate of a unimolecular substitution process on addition of a high proportion of an ionic liquid, the latter effect being supported by molecular dynamics simulations.

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