Equilibrium constant significance

An interesting ring-chain tautomerism between 2-azidothiazole (328) and thiazolotetrazole (328a) has been reported (597, 618, 619), the 328 structure predominating (Scheme 190). The solvent polarity and basicity influences this equilibrium constant significantly (1592). 

The acidity constant is a measure of the strength of an acid. If the acidity constant for a particular acid is near 1, about equal amounts of the acid and its conjugate base are present at equilibrium. A strong acid, which dissociates nearly completely in water, has an acidity constant significantly greater than 1. A weak acid, which is only slightly dissociated in water, has an equilibrium constant significantly less than 1. The acidity constant for acetic acid is 1.8 X 10-5—only a small amount of acetic acid actually ionizes in water. It is a weak acid. 

Aldol addition reactions of ketones are rarely successful, since they are usually endoergonic. For example, the base-mediated aldolization of acetone provides only a few percent of the aldol, diacetone alcohol (equation 26). However, the conversion may be accomplished in 75% yield by refluxing acetone under a Soxhlet extractor containing calcium or barium hydroxide. - On the other hand, di-methoxyacetone dimerizes under basic conditions to the aldol, with an equilibrium constant significantly greater than unity (K = 10 dm mol equation 27). The difference in equilibrium constants of equations (26) and (27) parallels the equilibrium constants for hydration of the two ketones, and results from the inductive effect of the methoxy groups. 

Assuming one interacting site per segment (or, a/r = 1) and equilibrium constants significantly larger than 1, Equation 11.25 reduces to the following simple equation for cross-associating compounds ... 

Ihe allure of methods for calculating free energies and their associated thermod)mai values such as equilibrium constants has resulted in considerable interest in free ene calculations. A number of decisions must be made about the way that the calculatior performed. One obvious choice concerns the simulation method. In principle, eit Monte Carlo or molecular dynamics can be used in practice, molecular dynamics almost always used for systems where there is a significant degree of conformatio flexibility, whereas Monte Carlo can give very good results for small molecules which either rigid or have limited conformational freedom. 

The rate of this reaction is significantly enhanced over catalysts such as copper chloride which is the basis for the Deacon process for producing CI2 from HCl. The relationship between the equilibrium constant and the temperature in Kelvin for the reaction is expressed by equation 19. 

Thermochemical Data. Equilibrium considerations significantly limit alcohol yield at low pressures in the vapor-phase process (116). Consequently, conditions controlling equilibrium constants have been determined and give the following relation, where Tis in K (116,117) ... 

Sta.bilizers. Cyanuric acid is used to stabilize available chlorine derived from chlorine gas, hypochlorites or chloroisocyanurates against decomposition by sunlight. Cyanuric acid and its chlorinated derivatives form a complex ionic and hydrolytic equilibrium system consisting of ten isocyanurate species. The 12 isocyanurate equilibrium constants have been determined by potentiometric and spectrophotometric techniques (30). Other measurements of two of the equilibrium constants important in swimming-pool water report significantly different and/or less precise results than the above study (41—43). A critical review of these measurements is given in Reference 44. 

The magnitude of the anomeric effect depends on the nature of the substituent and decreases with increasing dielectric constant of the medium. The effect of the substituent can be seen by comparing the related 2-chloro- and 2-methoxy-substituted tetrahydropy-rans in entries 2 apd 3. The 2-chloro compound exhibits a significantly greater preference for the axial orientation than the 2-methoxy compound. Entry 3 also provides data relative to the effect of solvent polarity it is observed that the equilibrium constant is larger in carbon tetrachloride (e = 2.2) than in acetonitrile (e = 37.5). 

It is no doubt significant that the equilibrium constant for the reaction... 

Summarizing, in order to calculate rate and equilibrium constants, we need to calculate and AGq. This can be done if the geometry, energy and force constants are known for the reactant, TS and product. The translational and rotational contributions are trivial to calculate, while the vibrational frequencies require the ftill force constant matrix (i.e. all energy second derivatives), which may involve a significant computational effort. 

Similar, although less well documented, is Bryson s observation that a constant term must occasionally be included in the Hammett equation, i.e. A K = ap +a, which means that the intercept is significantly different from the equilibrium constant for the parent compound. 

Historically, the identification of a linear correlation between log k and T 1 was empirical. First described by Hood [504], the relationship was given some theoretical significance by van t Hoff [505] who expressed the influence of temperature on equilibrium constants (Ke) by an equation of similar form, viz. 

The above observation is significant, Theoretical considerations 102,103,104), as well as some experimental studies 105,106), revealed an effect of excluded volume on the rates and equilibria of polymeric reagents. For example, the equilibrium constant of dissociation of high molecular weight aggregates (MW > 1(f) such as... 

For the determination of stabilizations of carbonium ions the equilibrium constants of carbonylation-decarbonylation have been used in previous Sections. For the ions discussed in this Seetion, however, the rate constants of decarbonylation are not known and, therefore, the rate constants of carbonylation will be used as a criterion for such stabilizations. This kinetic criterion is a useful indicator if there are no significant steric factors in the carbonylation step and if this step is indeed rate-determining in the overall process (Hogeveen and Gaasbeek, 1970). The following rate constants in Table 2 are of particular importance. 

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