Organic Chemistry: SN2: Simple Reaction, Methylbromide + Chloride ion


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CH3Cl + Br-

All these geometries were theoretically found at the DFT-B3LYP level of theory (6-31G(d,p) basis sets for light atoms and Stuttgart ECPs for the heaviest ones). Solvation effects by acetone are modeled with PCM

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