. 62, 2526 (1984).Immediately upon mixing ICI and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene in CC1, at 25'C a new absorption band due to an alkene-IC1 molecular complex appears at 295 ? 5 nm and decreases rapidly with time. The rate law under conditions of (alkene),, > > (ICl),, for the electrophilic addition of IC1 to 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, E-and Z-2-butene, and E-and Z-I-phenylpropene is -d(ICl)/dt = k,,p,(alkene)(~C1)3/{l + ~~,(alkene)}j where KAD is the equilibrium constant for the formation of a I : 1 alkene-IC1 molecular complex. The addition of IC1 to the Z and E isomers of 2-butene and 1-phenylpropene occurs by anti-stereospecific addition. The negative enthalpy of activation for the addition of ICI to 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene is evidence that one or more complexes are involved on the reaction coordinate prior to the rate-determining step. On the basis of analysis of the enthalpy changes during the reaction, it is proposed that both a I : I and a 1 :2 alkene-IC1 molecular complex is involved in the mechanism prior to the rate-determining step. GEORGE H. SCHMID et JAMES W. GORDON. Can. J. Chem. 62, 2526Chem. 62, (1984.Des que l'on mtlange du ICl et du dimtthyl-2,3 butene-2 dans du CCL B 25"C, il y a apparition, B 295 ? 5 nm, d'une nouvelle bande d'absorption qui est due i un complexe molCculaire alcene-1C1; I'intensitC de cette bande diminue rapidement avec le temps. La loi de vitesse qui s'applique, si (alcene),, > > (ICI),,, pour l'addition Clectrophile de 1C1 sur le dimethyl-2,3 butene-2, sur les butenes-2 (E ou Z) ou sur les phtnyl-l propenes (ou K,, est la constante d'tquilibre pour la formation d'un complexe molCculaire 1 : 1 alckne-ICI. La sttrtochimie de l'addition du IC1 sur les isomtres E et Z du butene-2 et du phtnyl-1 propene est sttrCosptcifiquement anti. Le fait que l'enthalpie d'activation de l'addition du IC1 sur le dimtthyl-2,3 butkne-2 soit ntgative est une preuve qu'un ou plusieurs complexes sont impliquCs dans les coordonnCes de la rCaction avant d'atteindre l'ttape dtterminante. Sur la base d'une analyse des changements d'enthalpie au cours de la riaction, on propose que des complexes molCculaires alcene-IC1 1 : 1 ainsi que 1 :2 sont impliquCs dans le mCcanisme avant d'atteindre l'ttape diterminante.[Traduit par le journal]The stoichiometry of the addition of iodine monochloride (ICl) to alkenes is 1 : I in a number of solvents (1 -5). Because of this fact, solutions of IC1 in acetic acid (Wijs' solution) are used to determine iodine values of fats and oils (6). Despite such widespread use, little work has been done on the kinetics and mechanism of this addition of ICl to alkenes and some of the work is contradictory. White and Robertson (1) reported that the addition of IC1 to allyl acetate in acetic acid follows an overall third-order rate law, first order in alkene and second order in ICl. A similar rate law was reported by Viswanathan and co-workers (2) for ICl addition to some allyl and vinyl compounds in acetic acid, and by Sergeev and Smirnov (3) for the addition of ICl to both cyclohexene and 1-he...