T. William Bentley

The SN2-SN1 spectrum. 2. Quantitative treatments of nucleophilic solvent assistance. A scale of solvent nucleophilicities

Frank L. Schadt, T. William Bentley, Paul von Ragué Schleyer · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1976 · 344 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +4

The SN2-SN1 spectrum. 4. The SN2 (intermediate) mechanism for solvolyses of tert-butyl chloride: a revised Y scale of solvent ionizing power based on solvolyses of 1-adamantyl chloride

T. William Bentley, Gillian E. Carter · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 230 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +7

The SN2-SN1 spectrum. 1. Role of nucleophilic solvent assistance and nucleophilically solvated ion pair intermediates in solvolyses of primary and secondary arenesulfonates

T. William Bentley, Paul von Ragué Schleyer · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1976 · 150 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +6

The SN2-SN1 spectrum. 3. Solvolyses of secondary and tertiary alkyl sulfonates in fluorinated alcohols. Further evidence for the SN2 (intermediate) mechanism

T. William Bentley, Christine T. Bowen, David H. Morten et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1981 · 132 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Alcohol Toxicology +5

Distinguishing between solvation effects and mechanistic changes. Effects due to differences in solvation of aromatic rings and alkyl groups

T. William Bentley, In Sun Koo, Simon J. Norman · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 101 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics +15