The influence of the solvent on organic reactivity. Part II. Hydroxylic solvent effects on the reaction rates of diazodiphenylmethane with 2-(2-substituted cyclohex-1-enyl)acetic and 2-(2-substituted
The rate constants for the reaction of diazodiphenylmethane with 2-(2-substituted cyclohex-1-enyl)acetic acids and 2-(2-substituted phenyl)acetic acids, previously determined in seven hydroxylic solvents, were correlated using the total solvatochromic equation, of the form logk = logk0 + s?*+ a? + b?, the two-parameter model, logk=logk0 + s?*+ a? and a single parameter model logk = logk0 + b?, where ?*is a measure of the solvent polarity, ? represents the scale of solvent hydrogen bond acceptor basicities and ? represents the scale of solvent hydrogen bond donor acidities. The correlations of the kinetic data were carried out by means of multiple linear regression analysis and the solvent effects on the reaction rates were analyzed in terms of initial state and transition state contributions.