Generation of 6-methylene-2,4-cyclohexadienylidene ketene by flash photolysis of benzocyclobutenone in aqueous solution and study of the reactions of this ketene in that medium

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 607-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Chiang ◽  
A J Kresge ◽  
H -Q Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Ring Opening ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Buffer Solutions ◽  
Product Identification ◽  
Rate Profile ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Rates Of Decay ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

Flash photolysis of benzocyclobutenone in aqueous solution produced a transient species with a microsecond lifetime whose rates of decay were measured in perchloric acid, sodium hydroxide, and buffer solutions over the acidity range [H+] 1 × 10–13 – 100 M. This produced a rate profile, isotope effects, and buffer behaviour typical of ketene reactions, and that, together with product identification, served to identify this transient as 6-methylene-2,4-cyclohexadienylidene ketene, formed by electrocyclic opening of the four-membered ring of benzocyclobutenone. Comparison of rates of reaction of this ketene with those of its saturated analog, pentamethyleneketene, produced some expected as well as some unexpected results. Key words: cyclobutenone chemistry, electrocyclic ring opening, ketene hydration, rate profile, solvent isotope effects.

Ketonization of the unusually acidic elongated enol generated by flash photolytic decarboxylation of p-formylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Chiang ◽  
Kirill Kolmakov ◽  
A Jerry Kresge
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Sodium Hydroxide ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

Rates of photolysis of p-formylphenylacetic acid were measured flash photoytically in perchloric acid and sodium hydroxide solutions, and also in acetic acid, biphosphate ion, and tris-(hydroxymethyl)methaneammonium ion buffers, using H2O and D2O as solvents. The results provide rate profiles and solvent isotope effects, which indicate that photolysis occurs through an elongated enol intermediate. This enol is unusually strongly acidic, by some two to three pQa units, when compared with simple non-elongated enols.Key words: flash photolysis, elongated enols, rate profiles, solvent isotope effects.

Article

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-462
Author(s):  
J Andraos ◽  
Y Chiang ◽  
S J Eustace ◽  
A J Kresge ◽  
S W Paine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Carbonyl Group ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Hydroxide Ion ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

Five ketenes, phenyl(ethyl)ketene, phenyl(methylthio)ketene, diphenylketene, pentafluorophenylketene, and 1-naphthylketene, were generated flash photolytically and solvent isotope effects (H2O vs. D2O) on their hydroxide-ion-catalyzed hydration in aqueous solution were determined. The values obtained are all weakly inverse and closely similar (kHO/kDO = 0.76-0.97), as expected for these fast, hydroxide-ion-consuming reactions, known to proceed by nucleophilic attack of hydroxide on the ketene carbonyl group. The characteristic magnitude of these isotope effects should prove useful in identifying new examples of this reaction.Key words: ketenes, flash photolysis, photo-Wolff reaction, solvent isotope effects on hydroxide ion consumption.

Photoredox chemistry of nitrobenzyl alcohols in aqueous solution. Acid and base catalysis of reaction

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 2076-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wan ◽  
Keith Yates
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Base Catalysis ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Acid And Base ◽  
New Type ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Catalytic Effects ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

The photochemistry of several m- and p-nitrobenzyl alcohols (1–5) has been studied in aqueous solution. These compounds react via an intramolecular photoredox pathway to give reduced and oxidized moieties of the substituent groups. The reaction is an example of a new type of photoreaction of nitro-substituted aromatic derivatives that is not observed in organic solvents, the presence of water being essential. This effect is exemplified by measuring the quantum efficiency as a function of mol% water in aqueous acetonitrile, methanol, and formamide: the reaction efficiency decreases rapidly as water is depleted in the mixture. Catalytic effects due to the hydronium and hydroxide ions were studied: the para derivatives exhibited hydroxide ion catalysis; the meta derivatives exhibited hydronium ion catalysis. Quantum yields, solvent isotope effects, and α-deuterium isotope effects are reported for the parent derivatives.

Solvent isotope effects on the solubility of argon and pair interactions in aqueous solution of hexamethylenetetramine

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1383-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Abrosimov ◽  
E. V. Ivanov ◽  
L. S. Efremova ◽  
Yu. P. Pankratov
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects ◽  
Pair Interactions

Kinetics and mechanism of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the diazo functional groups of 1-diazo-2-indanone and 2-diazo-1-indanone in aqueous solution

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1202-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Chiang ◽  
A Jerry Kresge ◽  
Oleg Sadovski ◽  
Xiaofeng Zeng ◽  
Yu Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Formic Acid ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Diazo Compound ◽  
Acid Buffer ◽  
Buffer Solutions ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

Rates of hydrolysis of 1-diazo-2-indanone and 2-diazo-1-indanone were measured in dilute aqueous perchloric acid solutions using both H2O and D2O as the solvent, and rates of hydrolysis of the latter substrate were measured in dilute aqueous (H2O only) formic acid buffer solutions as well. The data for 1-diazo-2-indanone gave the hydronium ion catalytic coefficient kH+ = 5.7 × 10–3 (mol/L)–1 s–1 and the isotope effect kH+/kD+ = 2.9. The normal direction (kH/kD > 1) of this isotope effect was taken as evidence for a reaction mechanism involving rate-determining hydron transfer from the hydronium ion to the substrate's diazo carbon atom; followed by rapid displacement of diazo nitrogen by a water molecule, giving the observed 1-hydroxy-2-indanone product. The data for 2-diazo-1-indanone, on the other hand, gave a hydronium ion catalytic coefficient two orders of magnitude greater than the value for 1-diazo-2-indanone (kH+ = 5.9 × 10–1 (mol/L)–1 s–1), and an isotope effect near unity (kH+/kD+ = 1.2). It is argued that this isotope effect represents a situation in which diazo carbon hydronation and displacement of diazo nitrogen are each partly rate determining, a conclusion supported by incipient saturation of buffer catalysis in the formic acid buffer solutions. The 100-fold difference in hydronium ion catalytic coefficients for the two substrates is rationalized in terms of differing electron densities on the diazo carbon atoms.Key words: diazo compound hydrolysis, solution kinetics, acid catalysis, solvent isotope effects, buffer catalysis saturation.

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