
%0 Journal Article
%A Spinner, E 
%T Intramolecular van der Waals-London Cohesions and Chemical Reactivity: The Transition State in the Bimolecular Nucleophilic Displacement Reaction of Halide Ion with Alkyl Halide
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1960/06/01
%V 13
%N 2
%P 218-221
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9600218
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9600218 
%X The intramolecular London-van der Waals cohesions in the transition states Hal½-. . . CH3 . . . Hal½- in which both halogen atoms are identical should be greater than the following : Hal=F, 0.09 ; Hal=Cl, 0.64 ; Hal=Br, 0.94 ; Hal=I, 1.15 kcal/mole. It is concluded that these cohesions make a significant contribution to the observed increase in the velocity of the above displacement reaction as the polarizability of either entering or leaving halogen atom increases. 
