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. 2014 Jun 30;79(14):6410–6418. doi: 10.1021/jo501157s

Table 1. Experimental Second-Order Rate Constants for the Reaction of Benzyl and 6-Methylfulvenyl Chlorides with Potassium Iodide in Acetone at Room Temperaturea.

substrate k (M–1 s–1)
benzyl chlorideb 1.5 × 10–3
6-chloromethyl-6-methylfulvene (1) 4.0 × 10–2
a

Approximately 23 °C. Reactions were run under pseudo-first-order conditions: [substrate]0 = 0.20 M and [KI]0 = 0.01 M. The rate of appearance of product was monitored by 1HNMR.

b

Conant, J. B.; Kirner, W. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc.1924, 46, 232–252. Lit. 2.15 × 10–3 M–1 s–1 at 25 °C using a titrimetric method.