Methanolysis of phenyl salicylate

Khan and Arifin reported a study involving the kinetics and mechanism of an intramolecular general base-catalyzed methanolysis of phenyl salicylate in cationic micellar media [12]. The authors showed the participation of methanol in the reaction via its partitioning into the micellar pseudophase and thereby modifying the overall aggregate microenvironment. 

M. Niyaz Khan [Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 19, 757-776 (1987)] studied the kinetics of the methanolysis of phenyl salicylate in aqueous mixed solvents. For reaction at 30°C in basic (0.05 M NaOH) solution containing 5% v/v methanol and 0.8% methyl... 

Khan, M.N. Effects of [NaOH] and [KBr] on intramolecular general base-catalyzed methanolysis of phenyl salicylate in the presence of cationic micelles. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62(10), 3190-3193. 

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