Quantitative treatment and micellar effects in the reaction of t-butyl perbenzoate and 2-naphthyl benzoate

Abstract

The basic hydrolysis of t-butyl perbenzoate and 2-naphthyl benzoate has been studied in cationic micelles of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride or hydroxide (CTACl or CTAOH, respectively). The increase in rate constant with surfactant concentration can be analysed in terms of the concentration of (1), (2), and hydroxide ion in the micellar pseudophase; the determined second order rate constants in the micellar pseudophase are smaller than the second order constants in water.