Mechanism of SNi reactions. The effect of the base strength of the anionic fragments

DJ Verrinder, MJ Hourigan…

Index: Verrinder,D.J. et al. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 56, p. 2582 - 2589

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Abstract

The kinetics and stereochemical aspects of the thermal decomposition of aralkyl carbonates, thiocarbonates, and carbamates were examined. The rates for the decompositions as well as the rates of loss of optical activity followed first-order kinetics. The decompositions appear to involve the heterolysis of the aralkyl-oxygen bond followed by the breakdown of the subsequent ion pair via a cyclic mechanism. However, it was found that this ion pair could ...