Organic Solutes in Aqueous Solutions

B17

B17

Benzonitrile (cyanobenzene)

Stadlbauer, J.M., Ng, B.W., Ganti, R. and Walker, D.C.

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 3151.

Reaction: C6H5CN + Mu ® MuC6H5CN

Type of reaction: addition to benzene ring

kM = 7.2 x 109 dm3mol-1s-1    

KIE = kM / kH = 7.2 x 109 / 6.8 x 108 = 10.5

kH = 6.8 x 108 dm3mol-1s-1  from:  www.rcdc.nd.edu/compilations/HAtom/H.htm

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