NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES OF THE PROTONATION OF WEAK BASES IN FLUOROSULPHURIC ACID: III. METHYLBENZENES AND ANISOLE

Abstract

The proton magnetic resonance spectra of solutions of mesitylene, durene, pentamethylbenzene, hexamethylbenzene, m- and p-xylenes, and anisole have been studied in fluorosulphuric acid and protonation on the ring carbon atom established. Rates of proton exchange have been measured and activation energies calculated for the proton exchange process. Intermolecular exchange with the solvent is suggested as the most probable exchange process in all cases.