Massive acceleration of SN2 reaction using the oriented external electric field

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,13486-13494DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03759F, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Chun Tang, Meiling Su, Taige Lu, Jueting Zheng, Juejun Wang, Yu Zhou, Yu-Ling Zou, Wenqing Liu, Ruiyun Huang, Wei Xu, Lijue Chen, Yanxi Zhang, Jie Bai, Yang Yang, Jia Shi, Junyang Liu, Wenjing HongThe SN2 reaction, typically enhanced by polar solvents, can be accelerated using external electric fields within nanogaps in non-polar solvents.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry