Polyethylene Glycols as Efficient Media for Decarboxylative Nitration of α,β-Unsaturated Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate in Acetonitrile Medium: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study

Table 1

Binding constants of [CAN-PEG] at 303°K using Benesi-Hildebrand method.

S. N	PEG	Benesi-Hildebrand equation	𝐾	𝜀	−Δ𝐺
			dm^3/mol	dm^3/mol/cm	(kJ/mol)
1	PEG-200	𝑦 = 7𝐸  − 05𝑥 + 0.052	743	19.23	16.7
2	PEG-300	𝑦 = 9𝐸  − 05𝑥 + 0.055	611	18.18	16.2
3	PEG-400	𝑦 = 5𝐸  − 05𝑥 + 0.071	1420	14.08	18.3