Resin Catalysed Hydrolysis of Formamide

Department of Applied Chemistry, Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, M. P. Manuscript received 17 March 1977, revised 22 July 1977, accepted 29 July 1977 Kinetics of the reaction between resin and formamide have been studied at different temperatures. I he rate of the reaction has been followed by conductance measurements. The reaction has been found to be first order with respect to formamide and independent to resin concentration. The rate constant increase with an increase in resin concentration and attains optimum value. Arrhenius parameters and kinetic order support a unimole­cular nucleophilic attack of water molecule on the conjugate acid species of formamid