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Kinetics of electrophilic brominations. Mechanistic significance of the third‐order term
Author(s) -
Fukuzumi S.,
Kochi J. K.
Publication year - 1983
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.550150305
Subject(s) - chemistry , electrophile , reaction rate constant , halogenation , alkene , kinetics , bromine , carbon tetrachloride , computational chemistry , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
The rates of electrophilic bromination of various donors follow complex kinetics which include both first‐order and second‐order dependences on bromine, especially in the less polar solvents. The second‐order rate constant k s and the third‐order rate constant k t are evaluated for alkene bromination in carbon tetrachloride, and they are compared to those already listed for the electrophilic brominations of substituted styrenes, arenes, and metal carbonyls in the extant literature. Despite the varying magnitudes of the second– and third‐order rate constants for these diverse donors (and in different solvents), the ratio log( k s / k t ) is remarkably invariant. The mechanistic implication of this unique observation is discussed in the context of charge transfer interactions which are common to the activated complexes in the electrophilic brominations of various donors.