Abstract
The effects of a cationic amphiphilic compound on the rates of a proton- and an hydroxyl ion-catalysed reaction have been investigated. Even at very low concentrations, such a compound retards the proton-catalysed hydrolysis of benzylidene aniline, and this effect increases with increasing concentration of the cationic compound. Conversely, the hydroxyl ion-catalysed hydrolysis of benzylidene acetophenone is accelerated at low concentrations of cationic compound; however, at higher cationic concentrations, the reaction is retarded. These effects are qualitatively explained by considering the effect of a cationic compound on the electrostatic forces between the reactant ions and on the steric shielding of the reaction site.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1301-1307 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1966 |