Solvent effects on methyl transfer reactions. 2. The reaction of amines with trimethylsulfonium salts

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja0042940

The reaction of ammonia and pyridine with trimethylsulfonium ion has been studied in gas phase and solution. Density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-31+G* level was used to describe the energy changes along the reaction coordinate in the gas phase, and t