Abstract:
The kinetics of acid hydrolysis of phenyl acetamide has been studied in alcohol - water and di-oxane - water in the ratio 50-50 at different temperatures (35-60C). Since the acid hydrolysis is somewhat slow, high concentration of acid i.e. 7 3N HCI has been used in every experiment. In all cases the reaction was found to follow the first order kinetics. However, a break was noticed in the plot of log (a-x) vs. time giving two distinct straight lines. Probable mechanism of hydrolysis has been discussed. The energy of activation and the frequency factor were calculated in the two different solvent system.
Page(s):
147-150
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Year: 1967