Titrimetric rate constant

The situation is different for solvolysis reactions in most other solvents, where the intermolecular interactions between ions at an ion pair are stronger than the compensating interactions with solvent that develop when the ion pair separates to free ions. This favors the observation of racemization during solvolysis. There are numerous reports from studies on solvolysis in solvents with relatively low dielectric constant such as acetic acid, of polarimetric rate constants (fe , s ) for racemization of chiral substrates that greatly exceed the titrimetric rate constant (fet, s ) for formation of acid from the solvolysis reaction. ... 

The possibility that internal return from a contact ion pair might reduce titrimetric rate constants was considered by Fainberg and... 

Winstein (1957c). They argued that during solvolysis of neophyl substrates [46, X = Cl, Br] internal return from the proposed phenonium ion-pair intermediate [47] would yield the tertiary derivative [48] (Fig. 13) and this would solvolyse rapidly. Thus, the titrimetric rate constants should correspond to the ionization rate constant k j (Fig. 2). Later neophyl tosylate [46, X = OTs] and its p-methoxy derivative were used (Smith et al., 1961 Diaz et al., 1968b Yamataka et al., 1973), and recently Schadt et al. (1976) defined as a scale of solvent ionizing power for tosylates, designated F2-AdOTs or Yqt, using eqn (5) but based on 2-adamantyl tosylate [6] instead of t-butyl chloride. A correlation of the rates of solvolysis of neophyl tosylate with F0 Xs (Fig. 14) is satisfactory (correlation coefficient... 

Let us now consider Scheppele s discussion of the solvolysis of 2-d-exo- and -endo-bicyclo[2.2.1] hept-2-yl p-nitrobenzoates and p-toluenesulfonates. A maximum a isotope effect of 1 22 is suggested for kH/kD for the limiting solvolysis of simple secondary sulphonates (solvolyses where the rate is not affected by the nucleophilicity of the medium). The endo-esters yield a similar value which might be taken to imply the absence of steric hindrance in their reaction. However, whereas the maximum isotope effect for the simple sulphonates is believed to arise partly from an activated complex in the conversion of the internal ion pair into a solvent-separated ion pair, B - C, the effect in the endo-norbomyl compounds is suggested to arise during the transition state involved in the formation of the intimate ion pair, A - B. The latter is deduced from the fact that polarimetric and titrimetric rate constants are the same in acetic acid, aqueous acetone and ethanol (Winstein and Trifan, 1949 and 1952). If this is the case, the endo-effect of 1-20 should be... 

Even for reactions in which the Sij2 contribution to ionization is negligible, one does not have a means of estimating from solvolysis rates, the solvent activity coefficients for the transition state corresponding to ionization of RX. Although Vrx easily found from Henry s Law constants, and equation (16) does produce an activity coefficient for some transition state, this may not be a simple transition state corresponding to ionization of RX. Solvolysis rates may be smaller than ionization rates of many compounds, in certain solvents, because of ion-pair return, a phenomenon which has been firmly established by the investigations of Winstein et al. (1965). No matter whether Ag is a titrimetric rate constant 7... 

The method of evaluation of the rate constants for this reaction scheme will depend upon the type of analytical information available. This depends in part upon the nature of the reaction, but it also depends upon the contemporary state of analytical chemistry. Up to the middle of the 20th century, titrimetry was a widely applied means of studying reaction kinetics. Titrimetric analysis is not highly sensitive, nor is it very selective, but it is accurate and has the considerable advantage of providing absolute concentrations. When used to study the A —> B — C system in which the same substance is either produced or consumed in each step (e.g., the hydrolysis of a diamide or a diester), titration results yield a quantity F = Cb + 2cc- Swain devised a technique, called the time-ratio method, to evaluate the rate... 

A titrimetric method was used to follow the progress of the reaction. On the basis of the data given below what are the values of the reaction rate constants, k1 and fc2 ... 

The titrimetric first-order rate constant for the solvolysis of cyclopropylcarbinyl benzenesulfonate decreases with time. Explain. 

The shape of the dissociation curve makes it possible to reject the other possibility of formation of the tropyl alcohol, i.e. direct nucleophilic attack of hydroxide ions. By means of equation (19) and titrimetrically determined value of dissociation constants, the rate constants i = 2 106 1 mole-1 sec-1 and ft i = 50 sec-1 can be calculated (55). Similarly, it is possible to treat the system (21) ... 

A direct nucleophilic attack of hydroxide ions on tropylium was rejected, because such reaction would result in a different shape of the polarographic dissociation curve. Using equation (25) rate constant A i = 2 X 10 sec M was computed (Zuman et al., 1961) and, using a titrimetrically determined value of the equilibrium constant also... 

In the solvolysis of the benzhydiyl ester the titrimetrically determined solvolysis rate constant, k, is given by kikzKk i + k ). If the rate constant for total ionization of the ester, ki, can be found, R may again be determined. By supposing that complete equilibration of the carboxyl oxygens of the anion takes place within the ion pair prior to return to re-form the ester, ki may be determined as the sum of the solvolysis rate constant and the rate constant k for equilibration of the oxygen... 

For the exo isomer 264 the ratio of rate constants determined polari- and titrimetric-ally (k k,) was shown by him to equal about 4. This means that the formation of racemic brosylate from a symmetrical ion pair as a result of internal return is essential for the solvolysis of the exo isomer for the endo isomer 266 the ratio k, k, = 1.0. In using the polarimetrical constants the exo endo rate ratio is equal to 62000. Coi quently, the exo isomer 264 is ionized with anchimeric participation (k ) the resulting ion pair yields racemic (99.9 0.1 %) 2-exo acetate, significant internal return simultaneously taking place. The ionization of the endo brosylate 266 proceeds with the solvent assistance (k ) and results in a classical ion pair. Winstein s formula 265 is a resonance structure corresponding to the same canonical structures as in the ion 265, but with addition of the phenyl cation 267. 

B. The Determination of Internal Return The well-known phenomenon of internal return (Young et al., 1951 Winstein and Trifan, 1952) was first recognized through the discrepancies which existed between the titrimetric (fcj) and polarimetrio k,) rate constants during certain first-order solvolyses. During the acetolysis of optically active ea o-2-bicyclo[2,2,l]heptyl tosylate (57, Y = OTs), for example, it was noticed that racemization occurred... 

The hydrolysis of poly(oxyalkylene phosphate)s have been studied by Penczek et al. [297]. The rate of hydrolysis was determined by direct titrimetric and NMR methods. H NMR gave quantitative information on the rate constants of hydrolysis of the main chain (k ) and the side group (k ). The rate constants for poly(methyl ethylene phosphate) 1 have been found to be close to those measured for the corresponding low molecular-weight models. 

The solvent may also drastically affect the anchimerically assisted fraction in nucleophilically assisted ionization reactions. As the solvent becomes more nucleophilic, there is greater solvent participation, if possible, at the expense of neighboring group assistance. The data in Table 4 are illustrative of this effect. It is obvious that in both formic acid and acetic acid there is considerable MeO-5 and MeO-6 nucleophilic participation. In ethanol, however, the ratio kjk is diminished as solvent attack (fcj becomes more effective. These effects may be quantitatively assessed. Winstein et alP used a Taft treatment for the system RCH2OBS in estimating the kj portion of the solvolytic rate constant [Eq. (14)]. Values for K/K where /c, is the titrimetrically observed rate constant, were determined. 

The rate of reduction of Tl(III) by Fe(II) was studied titrimetrically by John-son between 25 °C and 45 °C in aqueous perchloric acid (0.5 M to 2.0 M) at i = 3.00 M. At constant acidity the rate data in the initial stages of reaction conform to a second-order equation, the rate coefficient of which is not dependent on whether Tl(III) or Fe(II) is in excess. The second-order character of the reaction confirms early work on this system . A non-linearity in the second-order plots in the last 30 % of reaction was noted, and proved to be particularly significant. Ashurst and Higginson observed that Fe(III) retards the oxidation, thereby accounting for the curvature of the rate plots in the last stages of reaction. On the other hand, the addition of Tl(l) has no significant effect. On this basis, they proposed the scheme... 

Experimentally, the measurement of reaction rates consists in investigating the rate at which starting materials disappear and/or products appear at a particular (constant) temperature, and seeking to relate this to the concentration of one, or all, of the reactants. The reaction may be monitored by a variety of methods, e.g. directly by the removal of aliquots followed by their titrimetric determination, or indirectly by observation of colorimetric, conductimetric, spectroscopic, etc., changes. Whatever method is used the crucial step normally involves matching the crude kinetic data against variable possible functions of concentration, either graphically or by calculation, until a reasonable fit is obtained. Thus for the reaction,... 

DIE may be used for the same applications as discussed for thermometric titrations, for example, for the volumetric analysis of materials, such as boric acid, which are virtually impossible to titrate using endpoint indicators or pH indicators. DIE can also be used in biological studies where the reaction rates may be slow. Eor example, proteins have been titrated with acid or base, antibodies have been titrated with antigen, and enzyme-coenzyme systems have been studied. DIE is used to determine kinetic parameters for slow reactions. The use of a large excess of one reactant (the titrant) favors the forward reaction (according to Le Chatelier s principle) even if the equilibrium constant is small, so equilibria may be studied using DIE that cannot be studied using other titrimetric methods. 

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