aInstituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC. C/Serrano, 119, E-28006-Madrid, Spain
bDepartment of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30, Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, 4, Switzerland
Abstract:
The thermodynamics of the reaction involving Rref = tert-butyl and 21 carbenium ion/alcohol systems has been studied at the MP2/6-311+G(3d, 2p)//MP2/6-311+G(d, p) level. The results have been compared to the experimental data for the same systems in solution. The range of structural effects spans 102 kcal mol−1 in the gas phase and is the widest ever examined. A physically meaningful correlation has been found. Phenyl-substituted systems are among the most important exceptions.