Abstract: | The second order rate constants k2 and the activation parameters for the reaction of 2-thiophenesulfonyl chloride with aniline together with solution enthalpies of the reactants have been measured in methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, acetonitrile and acetone. The reaction rates are slower in dipolar aprotic solvents than in protic ones due to a remarkable activation negative entropy. The rate constants k2 are correlated with empirical solvent polarity parameters. The data seem in accord with a SAN reaction mechanism. |