Rate constants for the aminolysis of the N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester of p- methoxybenzoic acid, in aqueous buffer systems (20% dioxane), have been determined under pseudo-fist-order conditions. For the amines studied (pK,= 7.60-11.1), the data fit the rate expression kobsd-kOH-X [OH-]= kl [amine] fr,,. This rate equation is in contrast to the two- term rate equation (ko~= kl [amine] t k2 [amineI2) obtained for this reaction in anhydrous ...