Étude cinétique de la N-chloration de la succinimide en phase aqueuse
A kinetic study of the N-chlorination, in aqueous medium, of succinimide (SH) at low pH (<5) and at high pH (>9) is presented. We have derived the rate constants and activation energies of the processes involved. A stopped-flow spectrophotometric technique was used to study the kinetics. Without chloride ions, our experimental results can be interpreted by two kinetically indistinguishable mechanisms:[Formula: see text]The limiting values of the rate constants for the case in which only one process is involved in the kinetics of chlorination were evaluated: [Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text].In acid medium, in the presence of chloride ions, we observe a nucleophilic attack of the S− ion on molecular chlorine Cl2. This process is added to the two former processes. Keywords: kinetics, N-chlorination, succinimide, aqueous medium, stopped flow.