Electrophilic aromatic substitution. 8. A kinetic study of the Friedel-Crafts benzylation reaction in nitromethane, nitrobenzene, and sulfolane. Substituent effects in …

FP DeHaan, GL Delker, WD Covey, J Ahn…

Index: DeHaan, Franklin P.; Delker, Gerald L.; Covey, William D.; Ahn, Jeffrey; Anisman, Mark S.; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 23 p. 7038 - 7046

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Abstract: Kinetic studies have been made of the reaction of benzyl chloride with benzene and/or toluene catalyzed by TiCI4 in nitromethane and in nitrobenzene and catalyzed by SbC15 in nitromethane and sulfolane. The reactions are all zero order in aromatic, first order in benzyl chloride, and either second order in TiC14 or first order in SbC15. Competitively determined kT/kB values range from 2.1 to 3.1 and product toluene isomer percentages ...