The proton inventory technique in a dual mechanistic system: The spontaneous hydrolysis of ethyl formate Artículo académico Rol de miembro uri icon

Abstracto

  • Ethyl formate undergoes spontaneous hydrolysis through two parallel mechanistic pathways: water catalysis and specific hydrogen-ion catalysis. The proton inventory of the water reaction at 37.0°C was determined from the overall conversion curves, in H2O/D2O mixtures of deuterium atom fraction n, resulting in k1(n) = (2.1 ± 0.1) × 10-5s-1 (1 - n + 0.42 n) (1 - n + 0.83n)2, in agreement with the results of six other cases of carboxylic acid derivatives. This result contributes to the validation of the accuracy of the proton inventory technique.

fecha de publicación

  • 2007