Issue 39, 2013

Comparison of the predictive performance of the Bell–Evans, Taylor-expansion and statistical-mechanics models of mechanochemistry

Abstract

We analyse the capacity of several models to extrapolate the activation free energies of isomerization of cyclobutene and dibromocyclopropane in a stretched polymer from strain-free parameters of the reactive site and short polymer segments. Comparison with results obtained from quantum-chemical calculations of complete conformational ensembles coupled to a stretching force reveal that the simplest model yields qualitatively accurate results at minimal computational expense.

Graphical abstract: Comparison of the predictive performance of the Bell–Evans, Taylor-expansion and statistical-mechanics models of mechanochemistry

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Gwen. 2012
Accepted
21 Here 2012
First published
29 Here 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4187-4189

Comparison of the predictive performance of the Bell–Evans, Taylor-expansion and statistical-mechanics models of mechanochemistry

Y. Tian and R. Boulatov, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4187 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37095F

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