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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Immutable and Variable Transition State Structures. A Reply

DJ McLennan and PL Martin

Australian Journal of Chemistry 32(11) 2361 - 2370
Published: 1979

Abstract

The factual basis of, and the theoretical reasoning behind, a recent suggestion by Poh that transition state structures may or may not vary according to the severity of substituent change are critically examined in terms of currently held views. Both aspects of Poh's paper are found to be defective. Some results on the rates of solvolysis of diarylmethyl p-nitrobenzoates in ethanol/water solvent mixtures are considered. A superficial examination of the Hammett p and Winstein-Grunwald m parameters indicates that Poh's suggestion of immutable transition states is exemplified by this work, but a more detailed treatment shows that p and m are not necessarily functions of transition state charge separations alone.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9792361

© CSIRO 1979

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