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Catalysed solvolysis of benzyl chloride

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The kinetics of the solvolysis of benzyl chloride, under catalysis by mercuric chloride, has been examined in a few compositions of aqueous ethanol. Some measurements in the absence of catalyst have also been carried out. The Arrhenius parameters have been determined for both the normal and catalysed reactions as also the effect of added chloride ions on the rates of the reactions. The results have been discussed in terms of the Hughes-Ingold theory of nucleophilic aliphatic substitution.

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  1. Applied Chemistry Division, Kerala University, Trivandrum

    K. Saramma & R. Anantaraman

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(Communicated by Dr. S. V. Anantakrishnan,f.a.sc.)

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Saramma, K., Anantaraman, R. Catalysed solvolysis of benzyl chloride. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 49, 111–116 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052832

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