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Kinetics of the sulfodeacylation of 2,4,6,2′,6′‐pentamethylbenzophenone, a process comprising successive first‐order reactions occurring by two alternative routes
Author(s) -
Gore Peter H.,
Saad Esmat F.,
Waters David N.,
Moxon Gerald F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550140107
Subject(s) - chemistry , sulfuric acid , first order , mesityl oxide , ketone , order of reaction , kinetics , medicinal chemistry , fission , organic chemistry , catalysis , reaction rate constant , mathematics , nuclear physics , physics , quantum mechanics , neutron
Mesityl 2,6‐xylyl ketone in 89.8% (w/w) sulfuric acid undergoes cleavage to give mesitylenesulfonic acid, xylenesulfonic acid, and carbon dioxide as final products. The reaction has been analyzed in terms of a series of first‐order reactions. Of the two possible reaction paths available it was shown that fission at the mesityl group is responsible for about 98.5% of the overall initial reaction at 25°C.