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AMONG the reactions which have proved of value in the investigations of the effects of substituents on reaction-rates in solution is the one between organic chlorides and metallic iodides in acetone. This reaction, which was first investigated kinetically by Conant and Kirner1, is suitably free from complicating side reactions, and the very low solubility of potassium chloride in acetone ensures that it goes almost to completion. It has, therefore, been extensively used in kinetic studies by Conant, Bennett and others.
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BRYNMOR JONES, WORSFOLD, D. Determination of Reaction-rates by Conductivity Measurements. Nature 167, 1072 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1671072a0
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