ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 30, Number 1
JKCSEZ 30(1)
February 20, 1986 

The investigation of the effect of solvent structure on the first-order solvolysis of cis-[Co(en)2ClNO2]+ ion has been extended to water + co-solvent mixtures where the co-solvents are glycerol, ethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol and t-butyl alcohol. Rates of solvolysis have been evaluated by spectrophotometric method at temperature 25∼30℃. The polarity of solvent has influence on the variation of rate constant. The non-linear plot of the rate constant in log scale versus D-1 / 2D+1 implies that change in solvent structure with composition plays an important role in determining the variation of rate constant. The linearity of the plot of the rate constant in log scale versus the Grundwald-Winstein Y factor confirms that the solvolysis is an Id-type process with considerable extension of the metal chloride bond in the transition state. In the Kivinen equation the slope of the plot of log k versus log(H2O) suggests that the solvolysis is also an Id-type process. The application of free energy cycle shows that the effect of solvent structure is greater in the transition state than in the initial state.