ChemInform Abstract: MEDIUM BASICITY EFFECTS ON THE TRANSITION STATE STRUCTURE OF E2 REACTIONS. KINETIC STUDY OF THE REACTION OF 1-CHLORO-1-PHENYL-2-ARYLETHANES WITH CROWN ETHER COMPLEXED POTASSIUM TERT-BUTOXIDE IN TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (41) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
S. ALUNNI ◽  
E. BACIOCCHI ◽  
P. PERUCCI
2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 1145-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter James Smith ◽  
David AJ Crowe ◽  
Kenneth Charles Westaway

Isotopic labelling studies have shown that the E2 reaction of 1-chloro-2-phenylethane with potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol occurs via an anti-periplanar stereochemistry. This demonstrates that the different secondary alpha deuterium kinetic isotope effects found for the high and low base concentrations and in the presence of 18-crown-6 ether are because of changes in transition state structure that occur when the form of the reacting base changes rather than to a change in the stereochemistry of the reaction.Key words: E2 reaction, stereochemistry, secondary alpha deuterium kinetic isotope effects, transition state.


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