Origins of the acidity trends in dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfone.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Speers, Peter; Laidig, Keith E.
- Source
- Journal of the American Chemical Society. 10/5/94, Vol. 116 Issue 20, p9257. 5p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *DIMETHYL sulfoxide
*ETHANES
*ACIDITY function
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-7863
Presents a theoretical study into the origin of the acidity trends in the series dimethyl sulfide (DMS), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and dimethylsulfone (DMSO2). Relative acidity as an inherent property of the acid; Energetics at the atomic level; Greater destabilization of the CH3SCH2 fragment as origin of the relative acidities.