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THE following general conclusions emerge from the extensive work on the alcoholysis of substituted benzoyl chlorides1: (a) the changes in velocity constant with substituents are similar in all the various solvents used; (b) these changes fully support the contention that the reaction is a bimolecular SN2 process.
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BROWN, D., HUDSON, R. Mechanism of Hydrolysis of Benzoyl Chloride. Nature 167, 819 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167819a0
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