ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 28, Number 4
JKCSEZ 28(4)
August 20, 1984 

Rates of reactions of nine m-or p-substituted phenacyl bromides with quinoline in methanol were measured by an electric conductivity method. These reactions were found to proceed through an SN2 path and were accelerated by both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents. A plausible reaction mechanism for this observation was proposed. Some activation parameters for these reactions were also calculated.