Proton Transfer Reactions of Simple and Aryl Nitroalkanes in Solution

PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS OF SIMPLE AND ARYL NITROALKANES IN SOLUTION AND IN THE GAS PHASE 

The observation of the unusual inverse order of kinetic and thermodynamic acidities of the simple nitroalkanes (nitromethane = NM, nitroethane = NE, and 2-nitropropane = 2-NP) during their reactions 

Rate constants and KIE were evaluated at four different hydroxide ion concentrations. The apparent rate constants, and p, were evaluated at times great enough for the reactions to reach steady state. The data are summarized in Table 1.22. KIEapp were evaluated from p and fe p while KIEreai, defined as the ratio of the microscopic 

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