Ion pairs and heat capacity of activation for 2,2-disubstituted cyclopropyl bromides

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1246-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surendra Singh ◽  
Ross Elmore Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Water Structure ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
External Effects ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Rate Ratios ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The temperature dependence of the rates of hydrolysis of 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl bromide, 2,2-cis-vinyl-trans-methylcyclopropyl bromide and 2,2-cis-methyl-trans-vinylcyclopropyl bromide have been determined in water. The temperature coefficient of the enthalpy of activation (ΔCp≠) for these compounds was determined to be −52, −27 and −37 cal deg−1 mol−1 respectively. The relative rate ratios for hydrolysis of the 2,2-methylvinylcyclopropyl bromides with respect to the appropriate 2-vinylcyclopropyl bromide isomer indicate a considerable progress towards allyl cations at the transition state in contrast to the indications of the ΔCp≠ values.The ΔCp≠ term for such reactions in water depends to an important degree on the external effects of charge development on water structure but is insensitive to internal electrostatic effects. In the three examples of ΔCp≠ reported in this study, all tend to show small external effects in spite of evidence which might suggest larger. The differences in ΔCp≠ are attributed to the particular shape and charge distribution of the quasi-ion pair.

An Examination of the Heat Capacity of Activation for the Hydrolysis of t-Butyl Chloride in Water

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. W. Scott ◽  
R. E. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Heat Capacities ◽  
Butyl Chloride ◽  
Methyl Halides ◽  
Displacement Reactions ◽  
Arrhenius Temperature Dependence ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Arrhenius Temperature

The influence of ion-pair intermediates on solvolytic displacement reactions is considered for cases where the observed rate constant is complex.Such complex and composite rate constants under certain conditions may show deviations from the Arrhenius temperature dependence law. The deviations will manifest themselves as "spurious" positive and/or negative heat capacities of activation, superimposed on the real heat capacity terms.The hypothesis of Albery and Robinson (1) which proposes that the heat capacity of activation for t-butyl chloride is entirely "spurious" in the sense outlined above, is critically evaluated and rejected. An alternative hypothesis that considers the heat capacity to be a manifestation of solvation effects is retained.The mechanism of the hydrolysis of both the methyl and t-butyl halides in water is discussed and the kinetic laws appropriate to each are shown to be consistent with real heat capacities of activation. The mechanism proposed differs from the classical SN1–SN2 description. Both series of substrates are considered to give rise to intimate-ion-pairs but in the case of the methyl halides these react further by a path which involves the nucleophilicity of the solvent in a kinetically significant way. In the cases of the tertiary compounds, solvent separation of ion-pairs becomes kinetically significant. The nucleophilic component which characterizes the destruction of the solvent-separated ion-pairs for the tertiary compounds is kinetically insignificant.

A SURVEY OF THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS FOR SOLVOLYSIS IN WATER

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Robertson ◽  
R. L. Heppolette ◽  
J. M. W. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Activation Enthalpy ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Standard State ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Halide Exchange ◽  
Hydrolysis Of Esters ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Linear Correlations

A method is suggested for determining the standard state entropies [Formula: see text] of the transition state for the neutral hydrolysis of esters in water. This has required the development of methods for approximating initial state parameters where experimental data are lacking.Characteristic linear correlations between the entropy and enthalpy of activation are observed for hydrolysis in water, as well as for the bimolecular halide exchange reaction in acetone and for acid–base equilibria. Explanations are advanced to explain the observed trends.From the derived standard state entropies, a method for estimating the charge development in the transition state for the methyl and isopropyl halides is proposed. With this further detailed knowledge of the transition state in the methyl halide series, reasonable values of the activation enthalpy can be calculated from available thermochemical data.

Eliminations promoted by weak bases. IX. Stereochemistry of olefin formation from trans-2-Phenylcyclopentyl p-bromobenzenesulfonate promoted by lithium chloride in acetone

1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ McLennan ◽  
C Lim
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Lithium Chloride ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Chloride Ion ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
Current Idea ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
Weak Bases ◽  
Rate Limiting

Parker, Winstein, and their coworkers have previously established that in the E2C elimination of trans-2-phenylcyclopentyl p-bromobenzenesulfonate induced by Bu4NCl in acetone some 9% of the olefinic product is produced by a syn-elimination. In view of the current idea that syn-eliminations in solution are assisted by association of the base with its counterion, the stereochemistry of the reaction induced by lithium chloride in acetone has been studied. There is no increase in the amount of syn-elimination, and kinetic analysis reveals that lithium chloride ion pairs are completely unreactive. 1-Phenylcyclopentene is not produced by rate-limiting attack of chloride ion on a preformed symmetrical phenonium ion pair. These results do not serve to distinguish between two alternative models of the E2C transition state.

Kinetic evidence for the importance of solvent-separated ion pairs during the solvolyses of adamantylideneadamantyl derivatives

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 1336-1340
Author(s):  
Xicai Huang ◽  
Andrew J Bennet
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
Salt Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope

The aqueous ethanolysis reactions of adamantylideneadamantyl tosylate, -bromide, and -iodide (1-OTs, 1-Br and 1-I) were monitored as a function of ionic strength. Special salt effects are observed during the solvolyses of both homoallylic halides, but not in the case of the tosylate 1-OTs. The measured α-secondary deuterium kinetic isotope effects for the solvolysis of 1-Br in 80:20 and 60:40 v/v ethanol–water mixtures at 25 °C are 1.110 ± 0.018 and 1.146 ± 0.009, respectively. The above results are consistent with the homoallylic halides reacting via a virtual transition state in which both formation and dissociation of a solvent-separated ion pair are partially rate-determining. While the corresponding transition state for adamantylideneadamantyl tosylate involves formation of the solvent-separated ion pair.Key words: salt effects, kinetic isotope effect, internal return, solvolysis, ion pairs.

Studies in Solvolysis. Part VI. An Examination of the Heat Capacity of Activation for the Hydrolysis of 4-Methoxybenzyl Trifluoroacetate

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 1051-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
June Gertrude Winter ◽  
John Patrick Barron ◽  
John Marshall William Scott
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Reaction Paths ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The heat capacity of activation for the hydrolysis of 4-methoxybenzyl trifluoroacetate in water containing 9.05 × 10−2 mol fraction of acetone has been measured and shown to be positive. This unusual result is consistent with the notion that the ester reacts by two distinct routes: one involving acyl–oxygen fission, the other, alkyl–oxygen fission. The relative importance of the two paths for the 4-methoxy ester has been established quantitatively via a Hammett σ–ρ correlation for a series of 4-substituted-benzyl trifluoroacetates. Such an assessment allows the observed heat capacity, entropy, and enthalpy of activation to be factored into parts appropriate to each of the two reaction paths.

An Electron Spin Resonance Investigation of the Mechanism of the Intramolecular Cation Migration of Alkali Metal Semiquinone Ion-pairs

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (14) ◽  
pp. 2412-2417 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Gough ◽  
P. R. Hindle
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Process ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
Kinetic Characteristics ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Ionic Interaction ◽  
Free Energy Of Activation ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Cation Migration ◽  
Spin Resonance

A systematic survey of the kinetic characteristics of the intramolecular cation exchange reactions of semiquinone ion-pairs is described. A linear correlation exists between the free energy of activation for the exchange and the strength of the ionic interaction within the ion pair; however, this correlation does not extend to the enthalpy of activation. The significance of the kinetic parameters is discussed in terms of the role solvation plays in determining the course of the exchange process.

Charge Development and Mechanism in Disrotatory Ring Opening of Cyclopropyl Bromides

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (14) ◽  
pp. 2660-2665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Han Ong ◽  
Ross Elmore Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Temperature Coefficient ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Ring Opening ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Cis And Trans ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The temperature dependence of the rates of hydrolysis of cis- and trans-2-vinylcyclopropyl bromides has been determined in water. The temperature coefficient of the enthalpy of activation (ΔCp≠) for both compounds was unusual (−27 and −35 cal mol−1 deg−1). From this fact, it was concluded that the charge development at the transition state was low, in agreement with the conclusions of Clark and Smale (19). The slightly inverse α-deuterium isotope effect (kH/kD = 0.994) is consistent with that conclusion.

Kinetics of the hydrolysis of acetic anhydride in concentrated salt solutions

1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 2547 ◽  
Author(s):  
DG Oakenfull
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Activity Coefficients ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Water Structure ◽  
Salt Solutions ◽  
Measured Activity ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The kinetics of the hydrolysis of acetic anhydride have been investigated in concentrated salt solutions at 20�. Sine salts were used in concentrations of up to 5 mol 1-1; all inhibited the reaction. ��� The salt effect was resolved into its component effects on the reactants and the transition state by use of the Bronsted-Bjerrum equation to calculate transition state activity coefficients from rate constants and measured activity coefficients of acetic anhydride. The effect of a salt on the free energy of the reactants was always significant and in some cases it was the major component of the effect of the salt on the free energy of activation. The enthalpy and entropy of transfer from water to 1 mol l-1 sodium chloride, for both acetic anhydride and the transition state, show the enthalpy-entropy compensation effect which is typical of aqueous solutions. ��� These salt effects are considered to be part of the general phenomenon of the effect of salts on the activity coefficients of non-electrolytes. The inhibition is not caused by formation of a complex between salt and acetic anhydride. Rate constants could not be correlated with dielectric constant and ionic strength, using Gold's equation, and changes in water structure which occur in these salt solutions were shown to have no direct effect on the reaction rate.

Solvent effects on SN2 transition state structure. II: The effect of ion pairing on the solvent effect on transition state structure

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Charles West Away ◽  
Zhu-Gen Lai
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Butyl Chloride ◽  
Transition State Structure ◽  
Kinetic Isotope

Identical secondary α-deuterium kinetic isotope effects (transition state structures) in the SN2 reaction between n-butyl chloride and a free thiophenoxide ion in aprotic and protic solvents confirm the validity of the Solvation Rule for SN2 Reactions. These isotope effects also suggest that hydrogen bonding from the solvent to the developing chloride ion in the SN2 transition state does not have a marked effect on the magnitude of the chlorine (leaving group) kinetic isotope effects. Unlike the free ion reactions, the secondary α-deuterium kinetic isotope effect (transition state structure) for the SN2 reaction between n-butyl chloride and the solvent-separated sodium thiophenoxide ion pair complex is strongly solvent dependent. These completely different responses to a change in solvent are rationalized by an extension to the Solvation Rule for SN2 Reactions. Finally, the loosest transition state in the reactions with the solvent-separated ion pair complex is found in the solvent with the smallest dielectric constant. Keywords: ion pairs, transition state, solvent effects, nucleophilic substitution, isotope effects.

The ion-pair mechanism and bimolecular displacement at saturated carbon. VI. Racemization and radio-bromide exchange for substituted 1-phenylbromoethanes; solvent effects

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
Allan R. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Nucleophilic Substitution ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Late Stage ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Tetrabutylammonium Bromide ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Ion Pair ◽  
Exchange Kinetics ◽  
Substituted 1

Racemization and radio-bromide exchange kinetics for 1-phenylbromoethanes in acetonitrile and in nitromethane using tetrabutylammonium bromide are reported. The results, together with those previously reported for acetone solutions, provide direct empirical support for the ion-pair mechanism for nucleophilic substitution at saturated carbon. Changing the substituents on the phenyl from the 4-nitro through to the 3,4-dimethyl substrate and the solvent from acetone to the more polar acetonitrile and nitromethane shifts the transition state for bromide substitution from an early to a late stage of the equilibria series substrate [Formula: see text] intimate ion pair [Formula: see text] various solvated ion pairs [Formula: see text] free or dissociated ions. For all the substrates in acetone and, for the species giving the less stable carbocations, in acetonitrile and nitromethane, both racemizations and exchanges are bimolecular. In the latter solvents, the substrates giving the more stable carbocations show mixed kinetics.

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