2-Fluoro-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3-dioxolane: A compound carrying two independent probes for determining rates of formations of contact and solvent-separated ion pairs

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01684-0

2-Fluoro-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3-dioxolane was shown to be a useful compound for independently determining the rate constants of contact ion pair and solvent-separated ion pair formations. The compound was used to determine rate constants for toluene-d₈ and chloroform-d solutions and they were found to be identical for each solution.