title: Kinetics and mechanism of proton transfer between disubstituted benzoic acids and carbinol base of crystal violet in chlorobenzene.
abstract: An investigation on the detailed kinetics of proton transfer between a set of di- and monofluoro- and chloro- (2,3-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,5-, 2-, and 3-) benzoic acids (HA) and Crystal Violet carbinol base in chlorobenzene favors a mechanism in terms of fast equilibrium between HA and D to form a H-bonded complex, D...HA, followed by rate-limiting proton transfer along the H-bond to form the colored ion pair DH+A- under the combined influence of monomer HA catalyst, nonreactive cyclic dimer (HA)2 inhibitor, and hyperacidic homoconjugated complex H(HA2) catalyst through a transition state with nearly 60% charge separation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, UP, India. sksg@bhu.ac.in
authors.forename: Susanta K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sen Gupta
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shrivastava