Substituent effects in polymerization reactions in terms of generalized substituent constants F and R and generalized weighting factors f and r

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In this investigation an approach to correlate the composite rate constants of some redox polymerization reactions [acrylonitrile‐Ce(IV)‐organic substrate] with a new type of multiparameter equation is described. The multiparameter equation is based on Swain and Lupton's F and R , the field and resonance components of the substituents, respectively, and the unique positional weighting factors f and r suggested by Williams and Norrington. The statistical parameters of the correlation involving the substituent constants ( fF and rR ) and the rate data have been found to be quite satisfactory, the average coefficient of determination being 0.91. The significance levels of the correlation also indicate that the present model is applicable to the kinetics of redox polymerization. The sign and magnitude of the reaction‐dependent regression constants α and β suggest that three different types of reaction mechanisms are operative for the substrates benzaldehyde, phenylthiourea, acetophenone, and toluene.