Water Research

Hydrolysis of haloacetonitriles: linear free energy relationship, kinetics and products

V Glezer, B Harris, N Tal, B Iosefzon, O Lev

Index: Glezer, Victor; Harris, Batsheva; Tal, Nelly; Iosefzon, Berta; Lev, Ovadia Water Research, 1999 , vol. 33, # 8 p. 1938 - 1948

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Abstract

The hydrolysis rates of mono-, di-and trihaloacetonitriles were studied in aqueous buffer solutions at different pH. The stability of haloacetonitriles decreases and the hydrolysis rate increases with increasing pH and number of halogen atoms in the molecule: The monochloroacetonitriles are the most stable and are also less affected by pH-changes, while the trihaloacetonitriles are the least stable and most sensitive to pH changes. The stability ...