Electrophilic aromatic substitution regioselectivity for benzene derivatives in terms of cationic localization energies from semiempirical quantum chemical computations
Department of Chemistry, N. G. Chernyshevskii Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410026, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Cationic localization energies (Λ+) for the interaction of monosubstituted benzenes with nitronium cation have been computed by the PM3 method. Yields (Y) of nitration isomeric products correlate linearly with the Λ+ values. The lnY=a+bΛ+ expressions agree both with Arrhenius equation and with linear free energy relationships.