The kinetics of chlorination of several phenolic compounds and the corresponding formation of chloroform were investigated at room temperature. For the chlorination of phenolic compounds, second-order ...

At 0.60M ionic strength and 25° the rate consts. are 0.124M-1 sec-1, 3.06M-2 sec-1, and 0.478M-2 sec-1, resp. Terms 2nd order in HOCl represent rate-detg. formation of chlorine monoxide, Cl2O, while ...