%0 Journal Article %T Thermokinetic study on the inactivation reactions of 1-methylphthalazinium ylids %A MARIA CAPRO£¿U %A LUCIA ODOCHIAN %A £¿T. DIMA %A M. DUMITRA£¿ %J Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society %D 2003 %I Serbian Chemical Society %X The present paper consists in a thermokinetic study on the dimerization reactions of 1-methylphthalazinium ylids with NO2 (ylid 1) and, respectively, O CH3 (ylid 2) substituents in the p position of the benzoyl radical bound to the ylidic carbanion. From experimental data, the reaction order and rate constants have been calculated. The reaction order n = 2 confirmed the ylids dimerization reactions, while the values of the rate constants, k2 = 3.093¡Á10-2 L/mol s and, respectively, 2.16¡Á10-1 L/mol s for the dimerization of ylids 1 and 2 made evident the higher reactivity of ylid 2 versus ylid 1. The same conclusion is also supported by the results of the thermodynamic study based on the chemical affinity of the two reactions, when Aodim,1 < Aodim,2. %K 1-methylphthalazinium ylids %K dimerization %K inactivation %K thermokinetics (reaction order %K rate constants %K chemical affinity) %U http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol68/No6/V68-No6-02.pdf