PMID- 21339711 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110427 LR - 20211020 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Feb 21 TI - Effects of bentonite on p-methoxybenzyl acetate: a theoretical model for oligomerization via an electrophilic-substitution mechanism. PG - 1761-75 LID - 10.3390/molecules16021761 [doi] AB - Tonsil Actisil FF, a commercial bentonitic clay, promotes the formation of a series of electrophilic-aromatic-substitution products from para-methoxybenzyl acetate in carbon disulfide. The molecules obtained correspond to linear isomeric dimers, trimers, tetramers and a pentamer, according to their spectroscopic data. A clear indication of the title mechanistic pathway for the oligomerization growth was obtained from the analysis of a set of computational-chemistry calculations using the density-functional-theory level B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p). The corresponding conclusions were based on the computed dipole moments, the HOMO/LUMO distributions, and a natural-populations analysis of the studied molecules. FAU - Salmon, Manuel AU - Salmon M AD - Instituto de Quimica de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacan 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. salmon@unam.mx FAU - Miranda, Rene AU - Miranda R FAU - Nicolas-Vazquez, Ines AU - Nicolas-Vazquez I FAU - Vargas-Rodriguez, Yolanda Marina AU - Vargas-Rodriguez YM FAU - Cruz-Borbolla, Julian AU - Cruz-Borbolla J FAU - Medrano, Maria Isabel AU - Medrano MI FAU - Morales-Serna, Jose Antonio AU - Morales-Serna JA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110221 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 1302-78-9 (Bentonite) SB - IM MH - Acetates/*chemistry MH - Bentonite/*chemistry MH - Computer Simulation MH - *Models, Theoretical MH - Molecular Structure PMC - PMC6259743 EDAT- 2011/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/28 06:00 PMCR- 2011/02/21 CRDT- 2011/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/02/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/02/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules16021761 [pii] AID - molecules-16-01761 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules16021761 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2011 Feb 21;16(2):1761-75. doi: 10.3390/molecules16021761.