Solvent effects on nucleophilic substitution reaction of naphthalene sulfonyl chlorides with pyridine in protic and aprotic solvent have been studied by means of conductometry. Results showed that the rate constants increased with dielectric constants for protic solvents, while they decreased with dielectric constants for aprotic solvents, except for acetonitrile which has a higher dielectric constant but had also greater rate constant. The rate constants were shown to be more susceptible to polarity-polarizability parameter, <TEX<${pi}^{ast}$, than to hydrogen bond donor acidity parameter, ${alpha}$, indicating that the pulling effect of hydrogen bonding solvent.