Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and Related Elements, cilt.176, ss.95-109, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
Second-order rate constants have been determined for the alkaline hydrolyses of N-aroyl-p-toluenesulfonimidic esters in aqueous organic solvents. Rate minima were observed with decreasing water concentration in aqueous acetonitrile, dioxane and t-butanol mixtures whereas rates of hydrolysis decrease continuously in MeOH-H2O and increase in DMSO-H2O. Solvent effects, Arrhenius parameters, and substituent effects are consistent with either an addition-elimination or a concerted SN2-type mechanism.