Charge Separation in Transition States of Reactions Involving Neutral Molecules as Reactants

Abstract

It is shown that the parameter m in the Grunwald-Winstein equation, log(k/k0) = mY, can be equated to z/z0 where z0 is the charge separation in the transition state of solvolysis of t-butyl chloride in a given pair of solvents and z is the charge separation in the transition state of a reaction in which only neutral molecules are involved as reactants in the same pair of solvents.