The kinetics and mechanisms of the transfer of oxidizing chlorine from N-chloro-N-methylacetamide to primary and secondary amines in aqueous solution will be presented.   The reactions result in the quantitative formation of the respective chloramine over a wide pH range.  The orders of the reaction with respect to each species will be presented along with a mechanism that includes the various dependencies of hydrogen-ion catalysis.  The results will be discussed in terms of the conditions necessary to generate chloramine disinfectants in natural water systems using N-chloro-N-methylacetamide as a stable source of chlorine.

Kinetics and mechanisms of the reaction of amines with N-chloro-N-methylacetamide

245th National Meeting (2013)

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