• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.843-852
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• 2003

We present a brief account of the theory of diffusion-influenced kinetics of reactions involving polymers. The review will be based on the recent contributions from the authors. Both intrapolymer and interpolymer reactions are considered, and the effects of various physical factors, such as the chain length, chain stiffness, and hydrodynamic interactions, are described within a unified theoretical framework.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.9-22
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• 1993

Recent studies on enzyme reactions in organic solvents are revived. The reactions are classified into three categories: heterogeneous, biphasic and homogeneous systems. The following subjects are described and discussed about the heterogeneous system. 1) The maximal expression of enzyme activity in organic solvents in terms of water content, hydration of enzyme, and equilibriun of water between enzyme and substrate solution. 2) Solvent effect on the catalytic power of enzyme. 3) Thermostability and thermoreactivity. 4) Applications of the enzyme reactions to synthetic chemistry.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.265-268
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• 1984

Rates of reactions of nine m-or p-substituted phenacyl bromides with quinoline in methanol were measured by an electric conductivity method. These reactions were found to proceed through an $S_N2$ path and were accelerated by both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents. A plausible reaction mechanism for this observation was proposed. Some activation parameters for these reactions were also calculated.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.9
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• pp.2571-2574
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• 2010

We investigate the mechanism of $S_NAr$ fluorination reactions under the influence of protic solvents and ions. We find that counterion or protic solvent alone retards the $S_NAr$ reactions, but together they may promote the reaction. In this mechanism, the protic solvent acts on the counterion as a Lewis base, and the nucleophile reacts as an ion pair. We also show that an anion (mesylate) may exhibit catalytic effects, suggesting the role of ionic liquids for accelerating the $S_NAr$ reactions.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.7-11
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• 1978

The reactions of 2,4-dinitroiodobenzene with para subtituted anilines in acetonitrile-methanol binary solvent mixtures have been studied. Rate constants for reactions in methanol rich solvents are greater than for reactions in acetonitrile rich solvents. Kinetic results show that the bond formation step is rate determining in the solvent system studied. The solvent effect can be explained by stabilization of the transition state by formation of hydrogen bond between oxygen atom of methanol and hydrogen atom of aniline.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.16-21
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• 1984

The relative Arrhenius parameters for t-butoxy radical decomposition (log $A_d$, $E_d$) and hydrogen abstraction of t-butoxy radical from hydrogen donor (log $A_d$, $E_d$) by competitive method were obtained as follows: for cyclohexane; log $A_a/A_d$ = -4.17 mole/l and $E_d-E_a$ = 9.01 kcal/mole, for isobutane; log $A_a/A_d$ = -5.70 mole/l and $E_e-E_a$= 11.0 kcal/mole. From the reported Arrhenius parameters for t-Butoxy radical decomposition reactions the parameters for t-Butoxy radical reactions with isobutane and cyclohexane are estimated to be log $A(l/mol{\cdot}sec)$ = 8.4, $E_a$ = 4.3 kcal/mol and $log A (l/mol{\cdot}sec)= 9.9,\;E_a$ = 6.3 kcal/mol, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.823-827
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• 2000

Gas-Phase reactions of methyl and ethyl nitrites with anionic nucleophiles of SH-, F- and OH- are investigated theoretically at the MP2/6-311+G* level. The SN2 processes are all highly exothermic and proceed with a typ-icaI double-weIl reaction coordinate profile. The elimination reactions of methyl nitrite with SH- and F- are double-well energy surface processes,with stabilizedproduct complexes of NO-...H2S and NO-...HF, pro-ceeding by an E1 cb-like E2 mechanism. The $\beta-elimination$ of ethyl nitrite is an E2 type process. The $\alpha-elimi-nation$ reactions of methyl and ethyl nitrites with OH- have triple-well energy profiles of Elcb pathway with an $\alpha-carbanion$ intermediate which is stabilized bythe vicinal $nc\alpha-{\sigma}*o-N$ charge transfer interactions. CompIex-ation ofmethyl carbanion with HF seems to provide a stable intermediate within a triple-well energy profile of El cb channel in the reaction of F- with methyl nitrite.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.376-378
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• 1988

Results of kinetic studies on the reactions of benzyl chlorides with anilines and benzylamines are reported. Analyses of the cross interaction constants relevant to the degree of bond formation, ${\rho}_{XY}$ and ${\lambda}_{XY}$, are carried out. The magnitudes of the two parameters indicated that the degree of bond formation in the transition state is the typical of that expected for an $S_N2$ reaction, but the reactions with benzylamines appear to have a slightly less degree of bond formation compared with the reactions with anilines.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.390-394
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• 1997

Nucleophilic substitution reactions of 2-thiopheneethyl benzenesulfonates (2-TEB) and 3-thiopheneethyl benzenesulfonates (3-TEB) with anilines and N,N-dimethylanilines (DMA) are investigated in acetonitrile at 60.0 ℃. The cross-interaction constants ρxz determined for the reactions with anilines are large negative (- 0.50) which are comparable to those for the similar predominantly frontside-attack SN2 reactions of 1-phenylethyl (1-PEB), 2-phenylethyl (2-PEB) and cumyl benzenesulfonates. A large negative ρxz value (- 0.4∼- 0.8) is considered to provide a mechanistic criterion for the frontside-attack SN2 mechanism with a four-center transition state. In agreement with this proposal the kinetic isotope effects, kH/kD, involving deuterated aniline nucleophiles are all greater than one reflecting partial N-H(D) bond cleavage in the transition state. The MO theoretical reactant structures of 1-PEB, 2-PEB and 2-TEB based on the PM3 calculation show that the benzene ring blocks the backside nucleophile approach to the reaction center carbon (Cα) enforcing the frontside-attack SN2 mechanism.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.543-546
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• 1990

N- vs. S-Substitution reactions of 1-substituted tetrazoline-5-thiones with various allyl or benzyl halides were studied in order to find effective conditions for N-substitution reactions. When allyl or benzyl halides were reacted with 1-substituted tetrazoline-5-thiones in the presence of TMSI or $BF_3{\cdot}OEt_2$ (or other Lewis acids), N-substitution at 4-position in addition to S-substitution occurred. Reactions were performed either with or without a solvent such as dioxane or propionitrile in the presence of potassium iodide.