The fragmentation of 7-norbornyloxychlorocarbene — SNi-like transition states

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1228-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A Moss ◽  
Xiaolin Fu ◽  
Ronald R Sauers
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
Deuterium Label ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Deuterated Analog

7-Norbornyloxychlorocarbene (15) fragments mainly to 7-norbornyl chloride (16). A C-2 deuterated analog of 15 (syn-15-d) fragments to labeled chloride 16 with 78% retention and 22% inversion. When the deuterium label is replaced by a syn-exo-2-methyl group, the resultant carbene 22 fragments to syn- and anti-7-chloro-exo-2-methylnorbornane in a ratio of 1:1.1, corresponding to 48% retention and 52% inversion. Computational studies suggest that the fragmentations proceed via competitive SNi-like transition states that lead to either retention or inversion. Key words: carbenes, carbocations, SNi reactions, stereochemistry.

Remarkable kinetic stability of α-thiocarbamoyl substituted 4-methoxybenzylcations

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1910-1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A McClelland ◽  
Victoria E Licence ◽  
John P Richard ◽  
Kathleen B Williams ◽  
Shrong-Shi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Strong Interaction ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Visible Absorption ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Thioamide Group ◽  
Azide Ion ◽  
Uv Visible ◽  
Leaving Groups

4-Methoxybenzyl cations bearing α-(N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl) and α-(N,N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl) substituents have been generated photochemically upon irradiation of precursors with pentafluorobenzoate or 4-methoxybenzoate leaving groups. The ions have been observed with flash photolysis in 40:60 acetonitrile:water and in 50:50 methanol:water, and rate constants were measured for their decay in solvent alone and for their capture by azide ion. The cations so studied and their lifetimes in 40% acetonitrile are 6, ArC+H-CONMe2, 0.6 μs; 2, ArC+H-CSNMe2, 7 ms; and 4, ArC+(CH3)-CSMe2, 6 ms, where Ar = 4-MeOC6H4. The cation 4 reacts with solvent by elimination of a proton from the α-methyl group, and the rate constant for solvent addition must be less than 1 s-1. The CSNMe2 substituted cations are 105-107-fold longer lived than analogs where the thioamide group has been replaced with an α-methyl. The UV-visible absorption spectra of these two cations also show significant differences from those of typical 4-methoxybenzyl cations. Thus, both the lifetimes and spectra point to a strong interaction of the benzylic centre with the thioamide group. Key words: flash photolysis, thiocarbamoyl stabilized carbocation, photosolvolysis.

[3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Some Fluorinated 1,5-Hexadienes

2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 1517-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Dolbier ◽  
Keith W. Palmer ◽  
Feng Tian ◽  
Piotr Fiedorow ◽  
Andrzej Zaganiaczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Sigmatropic Rearrangement ◽  
Semiempirical Methods ◽  
Cope Rearrangement ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
Stepwise Mechanism ◽  
Radical Intermediates

Fluorine atoms incorporated into 1,5-hexadiene molecule should influence the kinetic as well as the thermodynamic parameters of [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement (Cope rearrangement). Within few decades is has been documented that this transformation proceeds in a concerted manner, rather than stepwise with some radical intermediates involved. Few new terminally fluorinated 1,5-hexadienes (compounds 3, 5A, 7, 9 and 5B) have been synthesized. The activation parameters of rearrangement have been determined and compared with those known for hydrocarbon analogues. While systems developing chair-like transition states (compounds 3 and 5) showed close similarity with hydrocarbon analogues (compound 1), those developing boat-like transition states (compounds 7, 9 and 5B) may proceed through radical stepwise mechanism. Computational studies of the transition states were carried out, showing that only ab initio methods (MP2 and especially DFT) can give approximate correlation with experimental data, whereas in the case of hydrocarbon analogues even simple semiempirical methods (AM1) were reliable enough to reproduce experimental results.

Ambident Heterocyclic Reactivity: Alkylation of 4-Substituted and 2,4-Disubstituted Benzimidazoles

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
MR Haque ◽  
M Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Electrostatic Field ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Alkyl Halides ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Site Selectivity ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
Specific Association

The N1/N3-alkylation patterns of 4-amino-, 4-methyl- and 4-nitro-benzimidazole anions, and their 2-methyl analogues, with a standard set of primary alkyl halides (in dimethylformamide, 30°) have been determined and compared. The observed regioselectivities are dominated by proximal effects-electrostatic field, non-bonded steric and in some cases specific association (hydrogen bonding)-the interplay of which is critically dependent on the (variable) geometries of the SN2 transition states involved, in particular on the N---C distance of the developing N-alkyl bonds. The presence of a symmetrically placed 2-methyl group produces an enhanced N1/N3 site selectivity, very sensitive to the loose-tight nature of the transition state. Halide leaving group effects on butylation regioselectivities of 2-unsubstituted, 2-ethoxy-, 2-methyl- and 2-chloro-4-methylbenzimidazole anions, whilst small, are consistent with a Bell-Evans-Polanyi analysis of SN2 transition state variations, with the earlier transition states of CH3(CH2)3I leading to reduced regioselectivities.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Some Biologically Important 3-Oxacepham Derivatives

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam ◽  
Mohammad Nurnabi ◽  
AM Sarwaruddin Chowdhury ◽  
Mohammad Mehdi Masud
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Crystallographic Analysis ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Relative Stereochemistry

The 6H-oxathiazines 1a-e having imine moiety underwent [2+2] cycloaddition with phenoxyacetylchloride in the presence of Et3N to give β-lactam derivatives 2a-e in high yield. The X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed the relative stereochemistry that the substituents at C-2 and C-4 were cis configurated. The subtituents at C-6 and C-7 were also cis to each other. However, the 6H-oxathiazines 1f-i containing tert-butyl or methyl group at C-4 did not undergo the cycloaddition. Key words: Azetedinone, β-lactam, oxacepham, cycloaddition, imine, ketene, oxathiazine. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. Vol.5(1-2) 2006 The full text is of this article is available at the Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. website

Stereoselectivity of C(3) methylation and aldol condensation of camphor and derivatives

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Hutchinson ◽  
D. L. F. Li ◽  
T. Money ◽  
M. Palme ◽  
M. R. Agharahimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Aldol Condensation ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Methyl Group

The stereoselectivity of methylation and aldol condensation of camphor and derivatives is determined by the presence or absence of a C(7) syn-methyl group and (or) C(5) and C(6) endo-hydrogen atoms. Key words: camphor, C(3) methylation, C(3) aldol.

Sense of sequential 1,5-sigmatropic rearrangements of dimethyl-3,3-dialkyl-3H-pyrazole-4,5-dicarboxylates. Crystal and molecular structures of two dimethyl-4,5-dialkyl-1H-pyrazole-1,3-dicarboxylates

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Frampton ◽  
Michael W. Majchrzak ◽  
John Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Dicarboxylic Acid ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Dimethyl Ester ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Crystal And Molecular Structures ◽  
Sigmatropic Rearrangements ◽  
Methoxycarbonyl Group

3,3-Dialkyl-3H-pyrazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esters (4), obtained by cycloaddition of R1R2C=N+=N− (R1 = R2 = CH3; R1 = CH3, R2 = CH2CH3) to CH3O2CC≡CCO2CH3, rearrange thermally by 1,5-sigmatropic alkyl shifts to both N and C. The latter rearrangement is followed by two successive 1,5-sigmatropic shifts of a methoxycarbonyl group. Final products of the threefold rearrangement were shown to be 4,5-dialkyl-1H-pyrazole-1,3-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esters (6), rather than the isomeric 3,4-dialkyl-1H-pyrazole-1,5-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esters (7), by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction. Those products therefore result from alkyl migration to C-4 of 4, followed by sequential migration of the methoxycarbonyl group, initially at C-4, to C-3 and then to N-2 of 4. In the initial alkyl migration step, ethyl migrates in preference to methyl, and in subsequent migration steps the methoxycarbonyl group migrates faster than the ethyl or methyl group. Crystals of 4-ethyl-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-1,3-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester (6b) are monoclinic, of space group P21/n, with a = 7.907(1) Å, b = 11.087(2) Å, c = 13.199(3) Å, V = 1124.9(4) Å 3, Dc = 1.34 g cm−3, Dm = 1.33 g cm−3 for Z = 4, and R1 = 0.0772 (R2 = 0.0626) for 1474 reflections (R1 = 0.0428, R2 = 0.0422 for 903 reflections with I > 3σ(I)). The structure of 6a is similar. Key words: 3,3-dialkyl-3H-pyrazoles, 1,5-sigmatropic rearrangements of; 4,5-dialkyl-1H-pyrazoles, crystal and molecular structures; 1,5-sigmatropic rearrangements of pyrazoles, sense of.

Reactions of Allylmagnesium Halides with Carbonyl Compounds: Reactivity, Structure, and Mechanism

Synthesis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (15) ◽  
pp. 3237-3246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Bartolo ◽  
Jacquelyne Read ◽  
Elizabeth Valentín ◽  
K. Woerpel
Keyword(s):  
Carbonyl Compounds ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Diffusion Limit ◽  
Computational Studies ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Current State ◽  
Aldehydes And Ketones ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

The additions of allylmagnesium reagents to carbonyl compounds are important methods in synthetic organic chemistry, but the mechanisms of these reactions are likely to be distinct from mechanisms followed by other organomagnesium reagents. Additions to alkyl aldehydes and ketones are likely to be concerted, proceeding through six-membered-ring transition states. These highly reactive reagents appear to react at rates that approach the diffusion limit, so chemoselectivity is generally low. Furthermore, reactions of allylmagnesium halides with carbonyl compounds are unlikely to follow stereochemical models that require differentiation between competing transition states. This Short Review discusses the current state of understanding of these reactions, including the structure of the reagent and unique aspects of the reactivity of allylmagnesium reagents.1 Introduction2 Reactions with Carbonyl Compounds2.1 Reactivity of Allylmagnesium Halides2.2 Selectivity of Addition3 Structure of Allylmagnesium Reagents3.1 Schlenk Equilibrium and Aggregation3.2 Spectroscopic Studies3.3 X-ray Crystallographic Studies3.4 Computational Studies of Structure4 Reaction Mechanism4.1 Substrate-Dependent Mechanisms4.2 Concerted Mechanisms4.3 Single-Electron Transfer Mechanisms4.4 Open, SE2′-Like Transition State4.5 Computational Studies of Mechanism5 Conclusion

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