Multivariate analysis of solvolysis kinetic data; an empirical classification paralleling charge delocalization in the transition state

Abstract

A multivariate data analysis of solvolysis rate constants measured for a range of solvents of different ionization power provides a pattern parallel to the degree of charge delocalization in the transition state. In this way direct evidence is obtained for a difference in kinetic behaviour between exo- and endo-norbornyl solvolyses.