[vimelo]

Dear all,

I'm doing an experiment to study the kinetics of a reaction (Hydrolysis of Tertiary Butyl Chloride). You can find the reaction here (http://www.demochem.de/cassy_tert.bucl-e.htm)

http://www.demochem.de/Grafik/cassy_bucl-1-e.gif

In order to measure the concentration of the products, I need to make a calibration curve first. For this, I was thinking of measuring the conductivity of different HCl or NaCl solutions at different concentrations since those solutions are electrolytes that form ions like Cl- which is the same ion produced at the hydrolysis of Tertiary Butyl Chloride. From this results, Could I infer the concentration of the products from the conductivity values obtained, Is this possible?.. If not, what do you suggest for making this calibration curve.

[Borek]

Do you really need a calibration curve? If the reaction proceeds to the end (may depend on the initial t-butyl chloride concentration) difference between initial and final conductivity will be proportional only to the concentrations of ionic products - that gives you a calibration point.

[vimelo]

Thanks Borek!, You are right, but I need to know the exact amount of the products and that's because the reaction will not yield 100% of the expected products. How can I do this? Maybe with titration? or what about my initial proposition of extrapolating the results from the HCl solutions to measure the concentration of the Cl- ions in the hydrolysis of 2-chloro-2-methylpropane?

Thanks for your answers! All ideas are very welcome!