The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Studies of the solvolysis of 2-adamantyl pentafluorobenzenesulfonate. A YPFBS scale

DC Hawkinson, DN Kevill

Index: Hawkinson, David C.; Kevill, Dennis N. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 53, # 16 p. 3857 - 3860

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Abstract

The original Grunwald-Winstein equation (eq 1) defines a scale of solvent ionizing power (Y) based on the specific rates of solvolysis of tert-butyl chloride at 25" C. In eq log (k/ko)= mY(1) 1, k/ko represents the specific rate of solvolysis in the solvent under consideration (k) relative to that in 80% ethanol (ko), the standard solvent. For tert-butyl chloride, m, which represents the sensitivity of the solvolysis to solvent ionizing power, is defined as unity. Though ...