The effects of mixed CH 3 CN 9 H 2 O solvents on rates of aminolysis of ionized phenyl salicylate, PS Ϫ , reveal a nonlinear decrease in the nucleophilic second-order rate constants, (for aminolysis) with increase in the content of CH 3 CN until it becomes Ϸ 50%,The values of remain almost unchanged with change in the CH 3 CN content within 50 ms k n to 70 or 80%, v/v. The effects of mixed CH 3 CN 9H 2 O solvents on of leaving group, phenol, pK a and protonated amine nucleophile have been concluded to be the major source for the observed mixed solvent effects on ᭧ 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 301-307, ms k . n 1998.