Friedel-crafts polymers—VIII evaluation of rate constants in reactions involving benzyl chloride

✍ Scribed by N. Grassie; I.G. Meldrum

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 499 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-3057
• DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(71)90093-0

✦ Synopsis

The application of a computer program to the analysis of experimental results from the self condensation of benzyl chloride and the condensation of benzyl chloride with p-di(chloromethyl) benzene and diphenylmethane has proved to be less successful than its application to the reaction of p-di(chloromethyl)benzene with benzene and diphenylmethane. The lower degree of success is due to experimental difficulties in resolving the products of the benzyl chloride reaction using gel permeation chromatography. Although only one or two rate constants could be evaluated for each benzyl chloride reaction, the combined information from all the reactions has enabled conclusions to be reached regarding the effect of chloromethyl and benzyl substituents on the reactivities of aromatic nuclei and chloromethyl groups. In addition it has been possible to suggest explanations for the induction period and the red coloration which are observed during the self condensation of benzyl chloride.