Mechanisms of ring opening of oxirans by acids in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 10,p. 1119-1124
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29750001119
Abstract
The kinetics of the ring opening of oxirans mainly by halogen acids in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents have been studied. Rate measurements and product proportions show that straightforward A1 or A2 mechanisms are insufficient to explain the facts. An ion-pair intermediate is proposed which rationalises many of the data.Keywords
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