## Abstract We studied the kinetics of the chlorination of amines by sodium hypochlorite in strongly alkaline aqueous solution. A reaction mechanism compatible with experimental results is proposed and discussed. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Kinetic study of the decomposition of N-chloramines
✍ Scribed by J. M. Antelo; F. Arce; M. Parajó
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 531 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-3230
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✦ Synopsis
The decomposition of various N-chloroalkylamines and N-chloroalcoholamines was investigated kinetically at pH 4-12 and in strongly alkaline media. The rate of Nchloramine decomposition increased with increasing pH above pH 10, remained virtually constant over the pH range 7-10 and again increased with decreasing pH in the acidic zone. The results are described by a rate equation involving general base catalysis terms. Experimental evidence suggests that the decomposition of N-haloamines proceeds via an elimination mechanism that yields an imine. This ,%elimination process is a non-synchronized concerted mechanism where cleavage of the N-X bond has progressed to a greater extent than that of the C,-H by the time the transition state is reached, which is therefore 'El-like' (i.e. with a transition state having a certain nitrenium character).
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