Reaction Rates by Distillation. V. The Effect of Changes in Structure on the Basicity of Selected Ketones, Esters, Ethers and Alcohols1

EF Pratt, K Matsuda

Index: Pratt; Matsuda Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 3739,3743

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Abstract

The relative basicities of sixty-one selected ketones, esters, ethers and alcohols have been quantitatively determined bymeas-uring their ability to decrease the rate of the acid- catalyzed self-etherification of benzhydrol or the dehydration of t-butyl alcohol in benzene solution. The major conclusions are:(1) alcohols are much more basic than the corresponding symmetrical ethers.(3) The basicity of ethers increases as the number of or- ...