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. 2022 Mar 4;7(10):8199–8208. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07176

Table 2. Barrier Heights (in kcal·mol–1) for the Identity Exchange EAS Reaction of Monosubstituted Benzenes with Hydrogen Fluoride and Hirshfeld Charges (in Electrons) Are Given for meta and para Carbons from M06-2X/aug-cc-pVDZ Computationsa.

R isomer q(Hirsh) barrier height R isomer q(Hirsh) barrier height
H   –0.0498 28.41 tBu m- –0.0514 27.63
Cl m- –0.0414 31.57   p- –0.0554 25.34
  p- –0.0488 27.35 CCl3 m- –0.0417 31.10
Et m- –0.0506 27.79   p- –0.0387 31.89
  p- –0.0554 25.23 CF3 m- –0.0399 32.23
F m- –0.0419 31.64   p- –0.0368 33.16
  p- –0.0560 25.38 CHO m- –0.0449 31.16
Me m- –0.0506 28.45   p- –0.0337 32.96
  p- –0.0558 24.59 CN m- –0.0380 33.47
NH2 m- –0.0501 30.29   p- –0.0326 33.94
  p- –0.0717 11.09 COF m- –0.0408 33.00
NMe2 m- –0.0525 29.83   p- –0.0292 34.90
  p- –0.0748 12.18 NH3+ m- –0.0082 53.02
OH m- –0.0474 29.56   p- –0.0048 54.92
  p- –0.0658 16.69 NO2 m- –0.0365 34.29
Pr m- –0.0508 28.49   p- –0.0296 35.37
  p- –0.0554 24.69 NO m- –0.0420 31.85
          p- –0.0298 34.08
        SO3H m- –0.0356 33.68
          p- –0.0296 35.33
a

Adapted from ref (16), with permission from the author.