Kinetics and mechanism of solvolysis of substituted phenyl N-phenylbenzimidoesters

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1285-1297
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Ludmila Hejtmánková ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

Kinetics of hydrochloric acid-catalyzed solvolysis of substituted phenyl and methyl N-phenylbenzimidoesters have been studied in methanol, 50 vol. % aqueous methanol, and 50 vol. % aqueous tetrahydrofurane, and the composition of the reaction products has been determined. The rate-limiting step consists in addition of water or methanol to the protonated substrate. The reaction of methyl N-phenylbenzimidoester with both water and methanol and that of substituted phenyl N-phenylbenzimidoesters with methanol produce aniline, the ester (or orthoester) and the corresponding phenol. The reaction of substituted phenyl N-phenylbenzimidoesters with water gives both the neutral tetrahedral intermediate (which is decomposed into phenol and anilide) and the protonated intermediate (which produces aniline and the ester). At the same proton concentration the phenol content increases with increasing value of the σ constant of the substituent.

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Said A. El-bahai ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

Kinetics of formation of 2-imino-4-thiazolidone from S-ethoxycarbonylmethylisothiouronium chloride has been studied in aqueous buffers and dilute hydrochloric acid. The reaction is subject to general base catalysis, the β value being 0.65. Its rate limiting step consists in acid-catalyzed splitting off of ethoxide ion from dipolar tetrahedral intermediate. At pH < 2 formation of this intermediate becomes rate-limiting; rate constant of its formation is 2 . 104 s-1.


1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1535-1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prerepa Manikyamba

Kinetics of oxidation of 1- and 2-acetylnaphthalenes by iodate in the presence of sulphuric acid in aqueous methanol has been studied. The reaction is first order with respect to both [iodate] and [acetylnaphthalene]. Solvent effect indicates a cation-dipole type of interaction in the rate limiting step. A mechanism is proposed with a slow attack of IO2+ on enol form of acetylnaphthalene forming an intermediate carbonium ion, which ultimately gives corresponding ω-hydroxyacetylnaphthalene. The higher reactivity of 2-acetyl isomer is attributed to the greater stability of the corresponding carbonium ion than that of 1-acetyl isomer.


1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1282-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Miloš Sedlák ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

The cyclization kinetics of N-(2-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-N-methylsulfonamide to 1-methyl-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazine-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide have been studied in glycinamide, morpholine, and butylamine buffers and in solutions of potassium hydroxide. The rate-limiting step consists in splitting off of the proton from the cyclic intermediate formed from the anion of the starting substrate. The value of the Bronsted coefficient β decreases with increasing pKa value of the conjugate acid of buffer. The calculated pKa value of the cyclic intermediate is 9.3.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 3097-3103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba ◽  
Helena Zahradníčková

The hydrolysis kinetics of 3-methyl-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione have been studied in aqueous buffers and dilute NaOH solutions. The reaction proceeds via two base-catalyzed steps having different rates. In sodium methoxide solutions 3-methyl-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione undergoes one-step methanolysis giving methyl thioglycolate anion as the final product. The rate-limiting step consists in decomposition of the anion CH3NCOSCH2COOCH3.


1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1701-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Miloš Sedlák ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

The cyclization kinetics of N-(2-methylcarbonylphenyl)-N’-methylsulfonamide (IIb) into 3-methyl-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (Ib) has been studied in ethanolamine, morpholine, and butylamine buffers and in potassium hydroxide solution. The cyclization is subject to general base and general acid catalysis. The value of the Bronsted coefficient β is about 0.1, which indicates that splitting off of the proton from negatively charged tetrahedral intermediate represents the rate-limiting and thermodynamically favourable step. In the solutions of potassium hydroxide the cyclization of dianion of the starting ester IIb probably becomes the rate-limiting step.


1986 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Kay ◽  
Roger A. Assink

ABSTRACTHigh resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy at high magnetic fields is employed to study the reaction kinetics of the Si(OCH3)4:CH3OH:H2O sol-gel system. Both the overall extent of reaction as a function of time and the equilibrium distribution of species are measured. In acid catalyzed solution, condensation is the rate limiting step while in base catalyzed solution, hydrolysis becomes rate limiting. A kinetic model in which the rate of hydrolysis is assumed to be independent of the adjacent functional groups is presented. This model correctly predicts the distribution of product species during the initial stages of the sol-gel reaction.


1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 1654-1672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Ludwig ◽  
Iva Bednářová ◽  
Patrik Pařík

Four N-(phenylazo)-substituted saturated nitrogen heterocyclics were synthesized and their structure was confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The kinetics of their acid-catalyzed decomposition were studied at various concentrations of the catalyst (pivalic acid) in 40, 30, and 20% (v/v) aqueous ethanol at 25 °C. The values obtained for the observed rate constants were processed by the non-linear regression method according to the suggested kinetic models and by the method of principal component analysis (PCA). The interpretation of the results has shown that the acid-catalyzed decomposition of the heterocyclics under the conditions used proceeds by the mechanism of general acid catalysis, the proton being the dominant catalyst particle of the rate-limiting step. The decrease in the observed rate constant at higher concentrations of the catalyst was explained by the formation of a non-reactive complex composed of the undissociated acid and the respective N-(phenylazo)heterocycle. The effect of medium and steric effect of the heterocyclic moiety on the values of catalytic rate constant are discussed.


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