Aromatic sulfonation with sulfur trioxide: mechanism and kinetic model

Abstract
Electrophilic aromatic sulfonation of benzene with sulfur trioxide is studied with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations in gas phase, and in explicit noncomplexing (CCl3F) and complexing (CH3NO2) solvent models.
Funding Information
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (unassigned)
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (unassigned)