Abstract
AbstractThe enol of acetophenone was generated flash photolytically in aqueous solution by photosolvolysis of PhCBrCH2 and photohydration of PhCCH and PhCCD, and rates of its ketonization were measured in dilute perchloric acid solutions in H2O and D2O at 25°C. The rate constants so obtained provide the solvent isotope effects, kH+/kD+ = 5.02 ± 0.08, and the secondary isotope effect for deuterium substitution at the β‐position of the enol double bond, (kH/kD)β = 0.999 ± 0.014. Arguments are presented which show that these isotope effects requre a stepwise rather than a concerted mechanism for the ketonization reaction.
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