Abstract
Traces of water are shown to be essential for substitution reactions catalysed by quaternary ammonium salts; in chloride-formate exchange maximum rate is observed with 0.2% water content of the formate salt, and addition of dehydrating agents reduces the maximum rate by 50%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1652-1654 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| State | Published - 1984 |