| Abstract: | Thermal transesterification of phenylurethane with n-octanol was carried out in DMSO. It was found that the reaction followed first-order kinetics with an average rate constant of 8.630 × 10?5 sec ?1at 140°C. High pressure liquid chromatograph technique was employed to analyze chemical species in the course of the reaction. The reaction obeyed Arrhenius equation closely between 133°C and 155°C with activation energy of 29.6 kcal/mole and entropy of activation of ?8.2 cal/mole deg at 140°C. An intramolecular cyclic intermediate mechanism was proposed for this reaction. |
