Bromide complexes thermodynamic data

The separation of solvent effects on reactivities into constituent initial-state and transition-state effects by the use of appropriate kinetic and thermodynamic data has been successfully carried out for several organic reactions. Thus, for example, the solvolysis of t-butyl chloride and the Menschutkin reaction were treated in this manner some time ago a recent organic example is afforded by the solvolysis of isopropyl bromide in aqueous ethanol. For inorganic reactions, this approach was early used for reactions of tetra-alkyltin(iv) compounds with mercury(ii) halides. A more recent analysis of reactions of low-spin iron(n) complexes with hydroxide and with cyanide in binary aqueous mixtures was complicated by the need to make assumptions about single-ion values in such ion+ion reactions. Recent estimates of thermodynamic parameters for solvation of complexes of the [Fe(phen)3] + type are helpful in this connection. However, it is more satisfactory to work with uncharged reactants when trying to undertake this type of analysis of reactivity trends. A suitable system is provided by the reaction of [PtClaCbipy)] with thiourea. In dioxan-and tetrahydrofuran-water solvent mixtures, reactivity is controlled almost entirely... 

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