Solvent effects on the acid-catalysed inversion of sucrose
Abstract
The inversion of sucrose has been carried out in hydrochloric (1—8·5M), sulphuric (1—9M), perchloric (1—7M), and phosphoric (1—11M) acids at 0·5 °C and 25·0 °C. Analysis of the rate data by use of the linear free energy relationship of Bunnett and Olsen has enabled the value of log k2°, the rate constant at infinite dilution in water, to be determined and this varies little with solvent acid.