S. Jayawardena, D. Reyx, D. Durand
1984
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Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Abstract
Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters were determined for the reaction of the unsymmetrical oxiranes 3,4-epoxy-methylheptane (1) and 1,2-epoxy-3-ethyl-2-methylpentane (4) with aniline in o-dichlorobenzene. A kinetic scheme involving two elementary reactions agrees well with the experimental results obtained for the phenol catalysed reactions. The thermodynamic parameters, especially the entropy, lead to the proposal of a concerted transfer mechanism allowing for the observed normal and abnormal addition reactions.