The Journal of organic chemistry

Structure-Reactivity Correlations in the Dissociative Hydrolysis of 2', 4'-Dinitrophenyl 4-Hydroxy-X-benzenesulfonates

G Cevasco, S Thea

Index: Cevasco, Giorgio; Thea, Sergio Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 61, # 20 p. 6814 - 6817

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Abstract

The hydrolysis reactions of several title esters in water at 60° C follow the rate law k obs=(ka+ kb [OH-])/(1+ a H/K a), where K a is the ionization constant of the hydroxy group of the ester and kb is the second-order rate constant for the SN2 (S) attack of hydroxide ion ...