Kinetics of the reactions of pyridine and pyridine-N-oxide carboxylic acids and substituted benzoic acids with diazodiphenylmethane in various alcohols

Solvent effects on the reactivity of pyridine and pyridine-N-oxide carboxyl ic acids and p-substituted benzoic acids in their reaction with diazodiphen ylmethane (DDM) in alcohols have been investigated and the rate constants i nterpreted by Hammett parameters using multiple regression analysis; the in fluence of solvents on the reactivity of these acids with DDM has not been reported previously.