Issue 9, 2018

Inducing chemical reactivity on specific sites of a molecule using the Coulomb interaction exerted by a low energy electron

Abstract

Remarkable site-specificity in the resonant attachment of low energy electrons (LEEs) to molecular targets is proposed as an efficient method for inducing chemical reactivity on specific sites of molecules. The Coulomb interaction between the attached electron and the most polarizable molecular electrons localized on the attached site is the reason for site-specific chemical reactivity. The Coulombically induced site-specific chemical reactivity is best illustrated by the LEE induced chemical transformation of a weakly bound molecular complex into a strong covalent adduct. The chemical transformation occurs due to the Coulombically induced nucleophilicity on a specific molecular moiety in the complex. A simple strategy for inducing site-specific chemical reactivity using a LEE may find new avenues in chemical synthesis.

Graphical abstract: Inducing chemical reactivity on specific sites of a molecule using the Coulomb interaction exerted by a low energy electron

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 12 2017
Accepted
17 1 2018
First published
17 1 2018

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 6040-6044

Inducing chemical reactivity on specific sites of a molecule using the Coulomb interaction exerted by a low energy electron

D. Davis and Y. Sajeev, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 6040 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP08496J

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