20758-58-1Relevant articles and documents
Degenerate transesteriflcation of dimeric lithium 2,4,6-trimethylphenolate and a further observation on the reaction of tetramers
Jackman, Lloyd M.,Chen, Xian
, p. 8681 - 8684 (2007/10/03)
The rates of exchange of the 2,4,6-trimethylphenolate ion between dimeric lithium 2,4,6-trimethylphenolate-d9 and a series of 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl esters [2,4,6-(CH3)3C6H2COOCH2R; R = CHs
Halogenation of Acetone. A Method for Determining pKas of Ketones in Aqueous Solution, with an Examination of the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Alkaline Halogenation and a Discussion of the Best Value for the Rate Constant for a "Diffusion-Controlled Reaction". Energetic ...
Guthrie, J. Peter,Cossar, John,Klym, Alex
, p. 1351 - 1360 (2007/10/02)
The pKa of a simple ketone can be determined by analysis of the kinetics of halogenation in alkaline solution (J.Am.Chem.Soc. 1982, 104, 895).Details of the determination of the pKa of acetone are reported.The stoichiometry of chlorination of acetone is 2.15 hypohalites per acetone; bromination consumes 2.83 hypobromites.The major product from chlorination is lactate and not acetate; lactate is a minor product from bromination of acetone.The kinetic significance of the possible side reactions is discussed.The determination of the pKa requires knowledge of the rate constant for a diffusion-controlled reactionof nonspherically symmetrical molecules in water; the state of our knowledge of this rate constant is reviewed critically.It is shown that for reactions involving diffusion together of reactants which then undergo direct heavy-atom bond making it is very unusual for the diffusion limit to be reached, although the observed rate constant may become insensitive to the thermodynamic rectivity of the reactants.