Abstract Rate constants (k obs) of hydrolysis in sulfuric acid-water mixtures at 100 for five 1- aryl-2-phenyl-2-imidazolines were determined. The influence of substituents in the phenyl group at N-1 upon the rate of hydrolysis was studied. When the imidazoline ring is considered to be a substituent of the benzene ring at N-1, a good correlation with the Hammett equation is found.
