KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF REACTION BETWEEN CARBON-DISULFIDE AND MORPHOLINE IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS

The reaction in aqueous solutions between carbon disulphide and morpholine has been studied experimentally at 303 K using a conductimetric stopped-flow technique. The observed pseudo-first order rate constant does not vary linearly with amine concentration but k(obs) = k(Am)[R2NH]2 + k(w)[R2NH] [H2O]. This equation is compatible both with (i) zwitterion intermediate and (ii) single-step termolecular reaction mechanisms which were previously proposed for the corresponding reactions of CO2 and COS. Values of rate constants k(Am) and k(W) at 303 K are also reported.