Rapid Kinetics and Relative Reactivity of Some Five Membered Aromatic Heterocycles using Hydrodynamic Voltammetry

Kinetics of the bromination of imidazole, pyrazole and thiazole by molecular bromine and N-bromosuccinimide has been studied in aqueous medium. Since the reactions are rapid special technique namely, hydrodyanamic voltammetry has been employed to follow the course of the reactions. These reactions follow second order kinetics. The comparative kinetic data determines the reactivity order for these heterocycles towards the bromination using two different brominating reagents. The study justifies the stereochemical principles ascertaining the relative reactivity of these heterocycles quantitatively using kinetics as an investigational tool.