Kinetics of the Reaction of Oxyethylation of Alcohols in Considering the Influence of Association. Kinetic Aspects of Association

Abstract

It is assumed that in the reaction of alcohol oxyethylation, the kinetically independent unit is not a monomeric alcohol molecule, but a linear chain alcohol associate, consisting, on average, of n alcohol molecules. Тhe reaction rate is of the first order not by the gross concentration of alcohol, but by the concentration of these associates. It has been suggested that first-order reactions with respect to the associated component, which are widespread in liquid-phase chemical kinetics, take place as a result of the release of the reaction product from the associate.