Sf. Bureiko et al., THE KINETICS OF IONIC PAIR FORMATION DURING INTERMOLECULAR PROTON-TRANSFER FROM MOLECULES WITH INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROGEN-BONDS IN SOLUTION, Kinetics and catalysis, 34(3), 1993, pp. 375-379
The manner in which the kinetic parameters for the reactions of ionic
pair formation involving ortho-substituted phenols vary with the proto
n affinity of a counterpart indicates that intermediate complexes are
formed in the first stage. The existence of weak stable complexes with
bifurcated hydrogen bonds, which act as such intermediates during pro
ton transfer, was proved to be possible.