Effect of Solvation on the Decomposition Rate of Azodiisobutyronitrile

The log rate constants of monomolecular decomposition of azodiisobutyronitrile can be quantitatively correlated with solvent properties by means of linear multiparameter equations including various solvation effects; the key factors are the ability of solvents for electrophilic solvation, which favors decomposition, and cohesive energy density, which unfavors the reaction.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 2, 2005, pp. 196–200.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Makitra, Polyuzhin, Golovata.