ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 24, Number 1
JKCSEZ 24(1)
February 20, 1980 

Ionic dissociation rates of α-chlorobenzyl ethyl ether in each solvent of toluene-d8 and carbon tetrachloride were measured by the method of dynamic NMR spectroscopy. The spin system of these 1H NMR spectra was ABX3. The theoretical spectrum was calculated by computer simulation of dynamic NMR spectra, which agreed very well with observed spectra. From this computer simulation, the ionic dissociation rate constant k was obtained, and by Eyring plot with it, slope and intercept length was gained, from which kinetic parameters were calculated.The easiness of ionic dissociation depended upon solvent polarity. Activation enthalpy was 4.7 kcal/mole in toluene-d8, 10.7 kcal/mole in carbon tetrachloride, and activation entropy was -35. 8 e.u. in toluene-d8, -14.4 e.u. in carbon tetrachloride. It was understood that though the ΔH≠ value was small, this ionic dissociation had an easier procession in nonpolar solvents with increasing temperatures. Considering that the ionic dissociation could be thought as the first step of SN1 mechanism, attention might be paid to the results that the value of ΔS≠ had a large negative value in comparison with a small ΔH≠.