Effects of mixed CH3CN(SINGLEBOND)H2O solvents on rate of intramolecular general base-catalyzed cleavage of ionized phenyl salicylate in the presence of 3-aminopropan-1-ol, 1,2-diaminoethane,and glycine

The effects of mixed CH₃CN(SINGLEBOND)H₂O solvents on rates of aminolysis of ionized phenyl salicylate, PS⁻, reveal a nonlinear decrease in the nucleophilic second-order rate constants, k_n^ms, (for aminolysis) with increase in the content of CH₃CN until it becomes ∼50%, v/v. The values of k_n^ms remain almost unchanged with change in the CH₃CN content within 50 to 70 or 80%, v/v. The effects of mixed CH₃CN(SINGLEBOND)H₂O solvents on pK_a of leaving group, phenol, and protonated amine nucleophile have been concluded to be the major source for the observed mixed solvent effects on k_n^ms. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 301–307, 1998.