Figure 7.

a) Imine formation in chloroform‐d at 298 K between D and A (50 mM each in a well‐sealed tube) in the presence of aniline template DA’ (0, 5, 10, 20 mM, respectively from light to dark green) V_init data, as result of the best fit line reported, are summarized in Table S2.1 in the SI. b) The initial reaction rate (V _init) of imine formation between D and A (50 mM each) is plotted as a function of the square root of DA’ concentration. The line of best fit shown is V_init =1.22 ⋅ 10⁻³ [DA’]^1/2+6.46 ⋅ 10⁻⁴. According to equation (2) a=1.22 ⋅ 10⁻³ mM^1/2 min⁻¹ and b=6.46 ⋅ 10⁻⁴ mM min⁻¹ (respectively 6.19 ⋅ 10⁻⁷ M^1/2 s⁻¹ and 1.16 ⋅ 10⁻⁸ M s⁻¹). The structure of aniline DA’ is shown in the insert.