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The Kinetics Of The Reaction Of M-Nitrobenzyl Bromide With Hydroxide Ion In Aqueous-Aprotic Solvent Mixtures, Ramesh Nagindas Sheth
The Kinetics Of The Reaction Of M-Nitrobenzyl Bromide With Hydroxide Ion In Aqueous-Aprotic Solvent Mixtures, Ramesh Nagindas Sheth
Masters Theses
"The reaction between m-nitrobenzyl bromide and sodium hydroxide in homogeneous aqueous dioxane and aqueous tetrahydrofuran media was studied.
The product of the reaction was identified by infrared, gas chromatography and chemical tests as m-nitrobenzyl alcohol.
The kinetics of the reaction are second order with practically no variation in the rate constants as the % of the organic solvent was changed in the medium. This seems to imply hydrolysis of the organic halide by a process involving both bond-breaking and bond-formation in the transition state.
The activation energy, measured in 50% aqueous dioxane, between 20⁰ and 69.5⁰C at 5 different temperatures, …