MOLECULAR-ORGANIZATION OF REAGENTS IN THE KINETICS AND CATALYSIS OF LIQUID-PHASE REACTIONS .7. QUANTITATIVE CONSIDERATION OF THE MICROHETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURE OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL-SOLUTIONS IN THE KINETICS OF CHEMICAL-REACTIONS WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION

The kinetics of the reactions of phenyl- and meta-chlorophenylisocyana tes with various aliphatic alcohols in n-heptane was investigated over a wide range of concentrations including pure alcohol. The kinetic da ta are interpreted in terms of the model implying that the reaction in volves the alcohol molecules incorporated into dimers, tetramers, and linear associates formed via hydrogen bonding. Using scaling concepts for polymer solutions, the regularities of the reactions studied are q uantitatively described with due regard to the effect of the microhete rogeneous structure of associated solutions on their kinetics.