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Title: Effect of cosolvent on alkaline hydrolysis of monomethyl ester of terephtalic acid. Experimental and theoretical investigations

Journal Article · · J. Solution Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5918391

The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of monomethyl ester of terephtalic (MET) acid was studied in water-glycol mixtures. The transfer functions of the monoester anion from water to mixtures with glycol, methanol and t-butanol were evaluated from solubilities of the sodium monomethylterephtalate (NaMET). In order to explain the role of the cosolvent on the molecular level, the interaction energies of the hydroxyl ion with water, methanol, and glycol were calculated by means of the ab initio HF/4-31G procedure. The correlations of interaction energies with transfer functions of the hydroxyl ion and with the kinetic parameters of the reaction were investigated. The influence of the organic cosolvent on the solvation of initial and transition state is discussed.

Research Organization:
Comenius Univ., Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
OSTI ID:
5918391
Journal Information:
J. Solution Chem.; (United States), Vol. 16:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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