Studies on the decomposition of tetra-alkylammonium salts in solution. Part II. Dependence of the activation parameters on the structure of the substrate
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The enthalpy and entropy of activation for the decomposition reaction of seven tetra-alkylammonium iodides in chloroform solution have been measured. All the salts contained the benzyl group attached to the nitrogen atom and decomposed to yield benzyl iodide and a tertiary amine as the only products.A Hammett free energy correlation is made and used to deduce the nature of the transition state, and a rationalization of the variation of the enthalpy and entropy of activation with the structure of the substrate is given.
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Vol 28a
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