Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
1970
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Chemistry
Committee Chair
John E. Meany
Second Committee Member
Wilfrid W. Newschwander
Third Committee Member
Helmi S. Habib
Abstract
Measurements are reported on the rate of iodination of acetone at 25°c in arsenate, phosphate, and diethylmalonic acid buffers at a constant ionic strength of 0.2. Unlike earlier results which indicate that in acetic acid buffer the expression for the reaction velocity contains an appreciable kinetic term involving the product of the concentrations of acid and anion, it has been found from the present work that such a term is experimentally immeasurable for the above mentioned buffers. This finding coupled with the relatively powerful catalysis by the phosphate and arsenate dianions could imply the simultaneous participation of these species in both an acidic and basic capacity.
Recommended Citation
Larson, Janet Louise, "Acid-Base Catalysis of the Enolization of Acetone" (1970). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 41.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/undergrad_hontheses/41