ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 27, Number 2
JKCSEZ 27(2)
April 20, 1983 

The kinetics of the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of a series of 1-aryl-2-pyrrylideneaniline (3) have been studied in 20% MeOH solution using UV spectrophotometer. Substituents in 3 showed a relatively small effect, with hydrolysis facilitated by electron withdrawing group. By obtaing linear plots of log kobs against Hammett σ constants, it was able to show that substituents had a considerable contribution to the aromaticity of pyrrole compounds. The small positive ρ values were consistent with the rate-determining addition of water to the protonated schiff base in the buffer solution of pH 4 to 8, whereas the addition of water to the free imine seemed to be the rate-determining in the solution of acidities greater than pH 8.