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Quantum chemical study of the reaction of ethylene carbonate with methanol associates at the B3LYP/6-311++G(df,p) level of theory revealed two probable mechanisms. The one-step mechanism involves SN2 substitution at the sp 2-hybridized carbonyl carbon atom, while the two-step mechanism implies nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group with formation of tetrahedral intermediate and subsequent elimination. All the examined reactions go through asymmetric concerted transition states.
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Original Russian Text © A.Ya. Samuilov, F.B. Balabanova, A.R. Valeev, Ya.D. Samuilov, A.I. Konovalov, 2014, published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 12, pp. 1757–1764.
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Samuilov, A.Y., Balabanova, F.B., Valeev, A.R. et al. Quantum chemical study of the reaction of ethylene carbonate with methanol associates. Russ J Org Chem 50, 1738–1745 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070428014120033
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