Methyl iodide reaction rate with tertiary amines

Similar to other tertiary aliphatic amines, quinuclidine easily forms salts with mineral and organic acids, and quaternary derivatives with alkyl halides. However, the rates of reaction of alkyl iodides with quinuclidine are significantly higher than with tertiary aliphatic amines.32 For example, quinuclidine reacts with methyl iodide 50 times faster, and with isopropyl iodide 700 times faster, than does triethylamine. The addition compound of trimethylborane with quinuclidine is more stable than the corresponding adducts of tri-alkylamines. These results can be explained by the almost total... 

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