S. Bakhtin, Yuliia Bespal’ko, E. Shved
Jul 12, 2016
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Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis
Abstract
The kinetic dependence of the reaction of (chloromethyl)oxirane ring-opening by acetic acid in the presence of tertiary amines R3N and RnNMe3−n has been studied. The orders of reaction with respect to acid and catalyst have been determined. The nucleophilicity of amines used has been measured in the quaternization reaction of R3N and RnNMe3−n by benzyl chloride (Menshutkin reaction). On the basis of correlations “amines structure–catalytic activity”, it has been shown that amines act as nucleophiles in this reaction.