Abstract: The rates of reaction of the" a" nucleophile, 2, 3-butanedione monoximate (Ox-), and the" normal" nucleophile, 4-chlorophenoxide (4-ClPhO-), with the phosphorus ester, p- nitrophenyl diphenylphosphinate (PNPDPP), were measured in DMSO-H20 mixtures at 25.0" C. Addition of small quantities of DMSO (up to ca. 10 mol%) to the aqueous solvent led to a decrease in the second-order rate constants of reaction for both nucleophiles. ...