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Kinetics of the sulfodeacylation of 2,4,6,2′,6′-pentamethylbenzophenone, a process comprising successive first-order reactions occurring by two alternative routes

✍ Scribed by Peter H. Gore; Esmat F. Saad; David N. Waters; Gerald F. Moxon


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
320 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0538-8066

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Abstract

Mesityl 2,6‐xylyl ketone in 89.8% (w/w) sulfuric acid undergoes cleavage to give mesitylenesulfonic acid, xylenesulfonic acid, and carbon dioxide as final products. The reaction has been analyzed in terms of a series of first‐order reactions. Of the two possible reaction paths available it was shown that fission at the mesityl group is responsible for about 98.5% of the overall initial reaction at 25°C.