Some comments on valence bond representations for the radical exchange reaction X• + R:Y → X:R + Y•

Harcourt, Richard D; Schaefer, Karin; Coote, Michelle

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Some comments on valence bond representations for the radical exchange reaction X• + R:Y → X:R + Y•

Date

2007

Authors

Harcourt, Richard D

Schaefer, Karin

Coote, Michelle

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

Qualitative valence bond formulations by Hiberty and co-workers (Hiberty, P. C.; Megret, C.; Song, L.; Wu, W.; Shaik, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2836) of mechanisms for the radical exchange reactions H· + F:H → H:F + H· and F· + H:F → F:H + F�