Kinetics and mechanism of reactions of?-hydroxyalkyl sulfides with ethylethylene oxide

Exchange reaction of oxiranes with β-hydroxyalkyl sulfides, selenides,-amines, and-phosphines

“…13 The activation energy of the reactions between ethyl oxirane and (p-hydroxypropyl) [pheny[, (p-tolyl), and (n-octyl)] sulfides decreases in the series Ph > MeCsH4 > C8H~7, which is due to the enhancement of the electron-donating ability of the substituents. The heats of formation of the H-complexes correspond.…”