Effect of Medium on Reactivity for Alkaline Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Acetate and S-p-Nitrophenyl Thioacetate in DMSO-H2O Mixtures of Varying Compositions: Ground State and Transition State Contributions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ik-Hwan Um ◽  
Seungjae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Kinetic Data ◽  
Reaction Medium ◽  
Stepwise Mechanism ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Second-order rate constants (kN) for reactions of p-nitrophenyl acetate (1) and S-p-nitrophenyl thioacetate (2) with OH‒ have been measured spectrophotometrically in DMSO-H2O mixtures of varying compositions at 25.0 ± 0.1 oC. The kN value increases from 11.6 to 32,800 M‒1s‒1 for the reactions of 1 and from 5.90 to 190,000 M‒1s‒1 for those of 2 as the reaction medium changes from H2O to 80 mol % DMSO, indicating that the effect of medium on reactivity is more remarkable for the reactions of 2 than for those of 1. Although 2 possesses a better leaving group than 1, the former is less reactive than the latter by a factor of 2 in H2O. This implies that expulsion of the leaving group is not advanced in the rate-determining transition state (TS), i.e., the reactions of 1 and 2 with OH‒ proceed through a stepwise mechanism, in which expulsion of the leaving group from the addition intermediate occurs after the rate-determining step (RDS). Addition of DMSO to H2O would destabilize OH‒ through electronic repulsion between the anion and the negative-dipole end in DMSO. However, destabilization of OH‒ in the ground state (GS) is not solely responsible for the remarkably enhanced reactivity upon addition of DMSO to the medium. The effect of medium on reactivity has been dissected into the GS and TS contributions through combination of the kinetic data with the transfer enthalpies (ΔΔHtr) from H2O to DMSO-H2O mixtures for OH‒ ion.

Kinetic study of hydrolysis of benzoates. part xxvii. ortho substituent effect in alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of substituted benzoic acids in aqueous Bu4NBr

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilve Nummert ◽  
Mare Piirsalu ◽  
Signe Vahur ◽  
Oksana Travnikova ◽  
Ilmar A. Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Benzoic Acids ◽  
Resonance Effects ◽  
The Media ◽  
Substituted Benzoic Acids ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Ortho Substituent

The second-order rate constants k (in dm3 mol–1 s–1) for alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of meta-, para- and ortho-substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2C6H5, have been measured spectrophotometrically in aqueous 0.5 and 2.25 M Bu4NBr at 25 °C. The substituent effects for para and meta derivatives were described using the Hammett relationship. For the ortho derivatives the Charton equation was used. For ortho-substituted esters two steric scales were involved: the EsB and the Charton steric (υ) constants. When going from pure water to aqueous 0.5 and 2.25 M Bu4NBr, the meta and para polar effects, the ortho inductive and resonance effects in alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of substituted benzoic acids, became stronger nearly to the same extent as found for alkaline hydrolysis of C6H5CO2C6H4-X. The steric term of ortho-substituted esters was almost independent of the media considered. The rate constants of alkaline hydrolysis of ortho-, meta- and para-substituted phenyl benzoates (X-C6H4CO2C6H5, C6H5CO2C6H4-X) and alkyl benzoates, C6H5CO2R, in water, 0.5 and 2.25 M Bu4NBr were correlated with the corresponding IR stretching frequencies of carbonyl group, (ΔνCO)X.

Kinetic Study of Hydrolysis of Benzoates. Part XXVI. Variation of the Substituent Effect with Solvent in Alkaline Hydrolysis of Substituted Alkyl Benzoates

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1557-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilve Nummert ◽  
Mare Piirsalu ◽  
Ilmar A. Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Study ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Alkyl Substituent ◽  
Solvent Parameters ◽  
Substituent Constants ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Main Factor

The second-order rate constants k2 (dm3 mol-1 s-1) for the alkaline hydrolysis of substituted alkyl benzoates C6H5CO2R have been measured spectrophotometrically in aqueous 0.5 M Bu4NBr at 50 and 25 °C (R = CH3, CH2Cl, CH2CN, CH2C≡CH, CH2C6H5, CH2CH2Cl, CH2CH2OCH3, CH2CH3) and in aqueous 5.3 M NaClO4 at 25 °C (R = CH3, CH2Cl, CH2CN, CH2C≡CH). The dependence of the alkyl substituent effects on different solvent parameters was studied using the following equations:      ∆ log k = c0 + c1σI + c2EsB + c3∆E + c4∆Y + c5∆P + c6∆EσI + c7∆YσI + c8∆PσI     ∆ log k = c0 + c1σ* + c2EsB + c3∆E + c4∆Y + c5∆P + c6∆Eσ* + c7∆Yσ* + c8∆Pσ* .  ∆ log k = log kR - log kCH3. σI and σ* are the Taft inductive and polar substituent constants. E, Y and P are the solvent electrophilicity, polarity and polarizability parameters, respectively. In the data treatment ∆E = ES - EH2O , ∆Y = YS - YH2O , ∆P = PS - PH2O were used. The solvent electrophilicity, E, was found to be the main factor responsible for changes in alkyl substituent effects with medium. When σI constants were used, variation of the polar term of alkyl substituents with the solvent electrophilicity E was found to be similar to that observed earlier for meta and para substituents, but twice less when σ* constants were used. The steric term for alkyl substituents was approximately independent of the solvent parameters.

Substituent Effects on the Hydrolysis of p-Substituted Benzonitriles in Sulfuric Acid Solutions at (25.0± 0.1) °C

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 603-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khamis A. Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Inductive Effect ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Acid Solutions ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Inductive Effects ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Solutions ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The rate constants of the hydrolysis of p-substituted benzonitriles with sulfuric acid solutions (18.2 M to 10 M) have been determined spectrophotometrically at (25.1±0.1) °C. It was found that the catalytic activity of sulfuric acid was strongly inhibited by water. The logarithms of the observed rate constants were correlated with different substituent inductive (localized) and resonance (delocalized) constants. The results of the correlation studies indicated that the rate-determining step of the hydrolysis of benzonitriles in 18.2 M sulfuric acid was the addition of a nucleophile, and the hydrolysis was clearly enhanced by the electron-withdrawing inductive effect, while the rate-determining step of the hydrolysis of p-substituted benzonitriles in 10.0 M sulfuric acid was most probably the protonation of benzonitriles, and the rate constants increased by both electron-donating resonance and inductive effects. A mixture of the two mechanisms most probably occurred in 15.3 to 17.0 M sulfuric acid. HSO4 − rather thanwater most probably acted as nucleophile in the hydrolysis of benzonitriles especially at high concentrations of sulfuric acid solutions.

KINETICS OF THE AQUEOUS ALKALINE HOMOGENOUS HYDROLYSIS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE 1, 3,5,7-TETRAAZA- 1, 3,5,7-TETRANITROCYCLOOCTANE (HMX)

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harro M. Heilmann ◽  
Michael K. Stenstrom ◽  
Rolf P. X. Hesselmann ◽  
Udo Wiesmann
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Rate ◽  
Subsequent Calculation ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Order Rate Equation

In order to get basic data for the design of a novel treatment scheme for high explosives we investigated the kinetics for the aqueous alkaline hydrolysis of 1,3,5,7-tetraaza-1,3,5,7-tetranitrocyclooctane (HMX) and the temperature dependence of the rate constants. We used an HPLC procedure for the analysis of HMX. All experimental data could be fit accurately to a pseudo first-order rate equation and subsequent calculation of second-order rate constants was also precise. Temperature dependence could be modeled with the Arrhenius equation. An increase of 10°C led to an average increase in the second-order rate constants by the 3.16 fold. The activation energy of the second-order reaction was determined to be 111.9 ±0.76 kJ·moJ‒1. We found the alkaline hydrolysis to be rapid (less than 2.5% of the initial HMX-concentration left after 100 minutes) at base concentrations of 23 mmol oH‒/L and elevated temperatures between 60 and 80°C.

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