As. Masalimov et al., ESR ANALYSIS OF PROTON-TRANSFER IN VISCOUS MEDIA, Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, 41(9), 1992, pp. 1563-1566
The effect of the viscosity of a toluene solution, with addition of Va
seline oil, on the kinetics of proton transfer from 3,6-di-tert-butyl-
2-hydroxyphenoxyl to triethylamine was analyzed by the ESR technique.
Activation barriers of the reaction do not correlate with the viscosit
y's activation energy in these systems. The effects studied were attri
buted to van der Waals solvation of partners by long molecules of the
Vaseline oil alkanes.