Linear Pfluger plots of unit slope are obtained from logarithmic rate constants for acid–catalysed hydration of phenylacetylene and its substituted derivatives p‐OCH3, p‐CH3, m‐CH3, p‐Br, m‐Cl, m‐NO2, p‐NO2 in aqueous sulphuric acid solution. This direct experimental observation of absence of any dependence on selectivity gives evidence for the applicability of the
kinetic acidity function in these systems.
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