Reaction mechanism from structure-energy relations. 2. Acid-catalyzed addition of alcohols to formaldehyde

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (16) ◽  
pp. 4715-4720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Grunwald
1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Burt ◽  
Y. Chiang ◽  
A. J. Kresge ◽  
S. Szilagyi

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the nine-membered ring cyclic vinyl ether, oxacyclonon-2,8-diene, occurs with a normal isotope effect, [Formula: see text], which indicates that this reaction proceeds by the conventional vinyl ether hydrolysis mechanism involving rate-determining proton transfer to carbon. The specific rate of this reaction, [Formula: see text], may then be used to show that there is no significant ring-size effect on the rate of hydrolysis of a vinyl ether group in a nine-membered ring. The previously noted unusually great reactivity of the vinyl ether group in 9-methoxyoxacyclonon-2-ene, for which an unorthodox reaction mechanism has been claimed, must therefore be due to some other cause.


1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 538-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Refat M. Hassan ◽  
Sahr A. El-Gaiar ◽  
Abd El-Hady M. El-Summan

The kinetics of permanganate oxidation of selenium dioxide in perchloric acid solutions at a constant ionic strength of 2.0 mol dm-3 has been investigated spectrophotometrically. A first-order reaction in [MnO4-] and fractional order with respect to selenium(IV) were observed. The reaction rate was found to be pH-independent at lower acid concentrations ([H+] < 0.5 mol dm-3) and was acid-catalyzed beyond this range. Addition of Mn2+ and F- ions leads to the prediction that MnO4- is the sole reactive species in the oxidation process. A tentative reaction mechanism consistent with the reaction kinetics has been proposed.


1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 2492-2499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oldřich Pytela ◽  
Petr Svoboda ◽  
Miroslav Večeřa

The effect of acids on the decomposition of 3-methyl-1,3-diphenyltriazene has been studied in aqueous ethanol (40% (v/v) ethanol). The dependences found between the rate constant and acid concentration have been analyzed by means of non-linear regression using models including the specific and general catalysis and formation of associates between the substrate and the buffer components. The substrate has been found to form electrostatic associates with the conjugated base of acid. The complex formed is decomposed with the assistance of the proton or a general acid in the rate-limiting step to form the product. The Bronsted coefficient α = 0.81 has been found. Investigation of the activation parameters supports the earlier conclusions, indicating a dependence between the reaction mechanism and composition of the aqueous organic solvent.


1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-388
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Shiraishi ◽  
Emiko Fukuma ◽  
Nobuaki Hayashi ◽  
Takumi Ueno ◽  
Keiko Tadano ◽  
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