Solvolysis of benzoyl cyanides in methanol-acetonitrile and methanol-acetone mixtures.

✍ Scribed by Ikchoon Lee; Nam Il Kim; Se Chul Sohn

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 192 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)86238-3

✦ Synopsis

Rate constants for solvolysis of bensoyl cyanides in methanol-acetonitrile and methanol-acetone mixtures were determined.

Effects of substituent and solvent indicated that the reaction preceeds via an associative SN2 mechanism.

Benzoyl cyanide is known to behave like an acyl halide rather than a keto nitrile.