The Kinetics of basic copper （II） catalyzed polymerization of 2

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6-tribromo-3-methylphenol is r= k1k2/k-1[2

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6-tribromo-3-methylphenol] [CH3ONa][CuCl2] for low concentrations of copper（II） chloride

and r=k1k2/k-1 [2

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6-tribromo-3-methyophenol] [CH3ONa]（0.10-[CuCl2]） for high concentrations of copper（II） chloride ?The rate law obtained empirically is consistent with a reaction scheme in which a copper（II）-phenoxo complex is formed as a reaction intermediate ?The rate-determining step isreaction of 2

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6-tribromo-3-methylphenolate with basic copper（II） complex

The rateconstants and active energies were calculated from the experiment.