Change in rate-determining step for a simple carbonyl addition reaction. Kinetically significant proton transfer step in acid-catalyzed O-methyloxime formation

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (15) ◽  
pp. 5073-5075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel M. Silver ◽  
Jane M. Sayer

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buncel ◽  
W. M. J. Strachan

Study of the acid-catalyzed Wallach rearrangement of azoxybenzene is extended into the 100% H2SO4 region. The rate of formation of 4-hydroxyazobenzene can be followed spectrally in a straight-forward manner until close to 99% H2SO4, but in higher acidities sulfonation of this product becomes kinetically important. The advent of second equilibrium protonations of 4-hydroxyazobenzene and of 4-hydroxyazobenzene-4′-slfonic acid further complicate the azoxybenzene rearrangement as followed spectrally. Above 100% H2SO4 a second sulfonation is also observed. A method is given for dissecting the rate data for the primary rearrangement process from the first of the sulfonation reactions.The rate of the azoxybenzene rearrangement is observed to increase continuously up to 99.99% H2SO4 (the upper limit of the present kinetic method). This suggests that the second proton transfer step to azoxybenzene is rate-determining and not an equilibrium process. These results permit a clarification of a previously proposed mechanism (1).





Synlett ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (04) ◽  
pp. 483-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Tong ◽  
Mei-Xiang Wang

A general and efficient method for the synthesis of highly enantiopure 4-amino-1,2,3,4-tetradydropyridine derivatives based on chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed intramolecular nucleophilic addition of tertiary enamides to imines has been developed. We have also demonstrated a substrate engineering strategy to significantly improve the enantioselectivity of asymmetric catalysis





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