28869.5 ml(20-50-fold excess) of alcohol solution and thermostating for the period of time required for the disappearance of the yellow color of Cr(V1). Sodium hydroxide (100 ml, 2.5 M) was then added with cooling to the mixture to neutralize the acetic acid. Completeness of neutralization was monitored with pH paper. The resulting aqueous solution was twice extracted with 100 ml of ether, and the combined ether extracts were washed with water and dried (MgS04) and evaporated to a volume of ca. 0.5 ml. The mixture was then analyzed on a Hewlett-Packard Model 700 gas chromatograph equipped with dual flame ionization detectors. In each case, only the alcohol starting material and normal oxidation product were detected.Determination of Activation Parameters. Once the rate constants at various temperatures had been determined, Arrhenius plots of the natural logarithm of the rate constant against the reciprocal of the absolute temperature were made. To aid in the accurate plotting of these data and their linear regression analysis, the University of Delaware Burroughs B-6700 computer was utilized. The appropriate program was written by Dr. John J. Stanulonis of these laboratories and made available to us. The program permitted the determination of the least-squares slope of the plot and its intercept, as well as statistical information which indicated the reliability of the data. The statistical equations were those suggested by B a~e r .~~ From the slope of the Arrhenius plot, the energy of activation may be determined, using the relationshipPlotting In k vs. Am. Chem. Soc., 95,5242 (1973).A most recent review is given in H. Taube, A&. "rg. Chem. Radiochem.,
1, l(1959).See R. P. Bell. Chem. Soc. Rev., 3,513 (1974). for a recent general review of this subject: see also, J. R. Hulett, 0. Rev., Chem. Abstract: The solvatochromic comparison method is used to evaluate hydrogen-bonding contributions in HBD (hydrogen-bond donor) solvents to several commonly used dye indicator solvent polarity scales (Dimroth's E~o , Brooker's XR. Kosower's Z ) . Hydrogen-bonding effects on other spectral properties, equilibria, and reaction rates are determined, and the results are used to construct an a-scale of solvent HBD acidities.X Y Z = X Y Z o + solvent polarity-polarizability effect Journal of the American Chemical Society / 98:lO / M a y 12, 1976