Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1983, 48, 1305-1313
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19831305
Alkaline hydrolysis of monomethyl esters of maleic and fumaric acids
Petr Komadel, Vladislav Holba and Štefan Truchlik, Jr.
Department of Physical Chemistry, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava
Abstract
The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of maleic and fumaric acids monomethyl esters were studied as function of the temperature, ionic strength, and relative permittivity of the reaction medium. Electrostatic and nonelectrostatic contributions of the interaction energies of reacting species were calculated from the measured data and compared with the experimental activation energy values. The dependence of the rate constant on the temperature brings an evidence for the mutual compensation of the electrostatic and nonelectrostatic effects.
