
%0 Journal Article
%A Norris, RK 
%A Wright, TA 
%T Some Studies on the Reversibility of the Association Step in S<sub>RN</sub> 1 Reactions
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1985/07/01
%V 38
%N 7
%P 1107-1116
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9851107
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9851107 
%X The association step in SRN1 reactions, in which p- nitrobenzylic radicals are trapped by acinitronate ions or the anions from &#946;- keto esters, is demonstrated to be effectively irreversible under the normal conditions of the SRN1 reaction. The dissociation [i.e. fragmentation of the C(&#945;)-C(&#946;) bond] of C- alkylates [e.g. (2) or (3)] formed from aci - nitronates and p- nitrobenzylic substrates appears to take place in a process involving transfer of two electrons and not through dissociation of radical anions. 
