Reactivities of triarylmethyl and diarylmethyl cations with azide ion investigated by laser flash photolysis. Diffusion-controlled reactions

RA McClelland, VM Kanagasabapathy…

Index: McClelland, Robert A.; Kanagasabapathy; Banait, Narinder S.; Steenken, Steen Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991 , vol. 113, # 3 p. 1009 - 1014

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Abstract: By use of the technique of laser flash photolysis, rate constants k,, and ks have been directly measured for the reactions at 20 OC in acetonitrileTwater (AN-W) solutions of varying composition of 18 triarylmethyl and 10 diarylmethyl cations with azide and solvent. The cations have ks that depend on substituent and vary from-10'to-IO7 sl. For the more stable ions kk also varies, increasing with decreased electron donation and also ...