The nature of the inductive effect of azinyl groups

The induction constants of azinyl groups are factored into two components, a -induction ( _X ) and a field (_F) component. It is shown that the _X constants of azinyl groups can be thought of as sums of contributions from the phenyl group and the endocyclic nitrogen atoms. A satisfactory correlation is found between the _F constants and the size and direction of the dipole moment of the heterocyclic substituents in the framework of the Kirkwood-Westheimer equation.Deceased.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 672–676, May, 1987.