Kinetic deuterium isotope effects and kinetic solvent isotope effects for the solvolyses in water and in water + acetonitrile mixtures related to a series of substituted benzyl nitrates

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (20) ◽  
pp. 2142-2145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ahsan ◽  
Ross Elmore Robertson ◽  
Michael Jesse Blandamer ◽  
John Marshall William Scott
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Benzene Ring ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Bond Breaking ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

In aqueous solution, the α-deuterium isotope effects in the solvolyses of benzyl nitrates derivatives depend on the nature of the substituent in the benzene ring. In addition, the isotope effect for some derivatives depends on mole fraction of added acetonitrile while for others the isotope effect is insensitive to solvent composition. However, the kinetic solvent isotope effects for para-methyl and meta-trifluoromethyl derivatives remain unchanged when acetonitrile is added. These observations are accounted for in terms of a model which describes the solvolytic reaction as a two-stage process and contrasts the relative importance of bond-making and bond-breaking.

Solvent isotope effects in the oxidation of dipeptides by aqueous chlorine

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 997-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
X L Armesto ◽  
M Canle L. ◽  
V García ◽  
J A Santaballa
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Deuterium Oxide ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effect ◽  
General Base ◽  
Peptide Oxidation ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

A kinetic study of the mechanism of oxidation of Ala-Gly and Pro-Gly by aqueous chlorine has been carried out. Among other experimental facts, the deuterium solvent isotope effects were used to clarify the mechanisms involved. In a first stage, N-chlorination takes place, and then the (N-Cl)-dipeptide decomposes through two possible mechanisms, depending on the acidity of the medium. The initial chlorination step shows a small isotope effect. In alkaline medium, two consecutive processes take place: first, the general base-catalyzed formation of an azomethine (β ca. 0.27), which has an inverse deuterium solvent isotope effect (kOH-/kOD- ~ 0.8). In a second step, the hydrolysis of the azomethine intermediate takes place, which is also general base-catalyzed, without deuterium solvent isotope effect, the corresponding uncatalyzed process having a normal deuterium solvent isotope effect (kH2O/kD2O ~ 2). In acid medium, the (N-Cl)-dipeptide undergoes disproportionation to a (N,N)-di-Cl-dipeptide, the very fast decomposition of the latter in deuterium oxide preventing a reliable estimation of the solvent isotope effect.Key words: chlorination, deuterium isotope effects, fractionation factors, peptide oxidation, water treatment.

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.

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.

scholarly journals Deuterium Isotope Effects in the Oxidation of 2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene via the Bromohydroperoxide, by Singlet Oxygen and by Triphenyl Phosphite Ozonide

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (24) ◽  
pp. 4034-4049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl R. Kopecky ◽  
Johan H. van de Sande
Keyword(s):  
Singlet Oxygen ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Bond Breaking ◽  
Triphenyl Phosphite ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Major Isomer ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects ◽  
Oxygen Oxidation ◽  
Cis And Trans

The partially deuterated alkenes (CH3)2C = C(CD3)2 (1b) and CH3CD3C = CCH3CD3 (1c) were prepared and converted to the corresponding allylic hydroperoxides by the routes shown in the title. Two bromohydroperoxides were formed from 1b in a 1.6:1 ratio with the major isomer having the OOH group on the carbon bearing the CH3's. On treatment with base at 0° this mixture formed two allylic hydroperoxides in a 2.2:1 ratio with the major isomer having the OOH group on the carbon bearing the CD3's, showing migration of the OOH group. This isomer predominated in a 1.4:1 ratio when 1b was oxidized with singlet oxygen at 15 or −52° and in a 1.6:1 ratio when 1b was oxidized with triphenyl phosphite ozonide at −70°. Under the same conditions C—H bond breaking also predominated in the oxidation of 1c, by 2.1:1 via the bromohydroperoxide, by 1.4:1 with singlet oxygen, and by 1.3:1 with triphenyl phosphite ozonide. Migration of the OOH group in the reaction of the bromohydroperoxide of 1b does not occur by way of a 1,2-dioxetane. A perepoxide may be the intermediate. Neither perepoxides nor 1,2-dioxetanes are involved in the singlet oxygen oxidation of 1b and c. At −70° the triphenyl phosphite ozonide oxidations do not proceed by way of these intermediates, either, or by way of singlet oxygen. The intermolecular deuterium isotope effect in the singlet oxygen oxidation of both cis- and trans-2,3-diphenyl-2-butene was found to be 1.1.

Kinetic Solvent Isotope Effect for the Spontaneous Solvolysis Acetic and Propionic Anhydrides

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (22) ◽  
pp. 3665-3670 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Robertson ◽  
B. Rossall ◽  
W. A. Redmond
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Temperature Dependency ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effect ◽  
Propionic Anhydride ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

The large kinetic solvent isotope effects for the neutral hydrolysis of acetic and propionic anhydride show unusual temperature dependency; the former passing through a maximum at about 15°, the latter showing a minimum at 30°. This unusual temperature dependency is the consequence of widely different values of the apparent ΔCp≠ in H2O and D2O: the value for acetic anhydride in H2O being −74 ± 2 cal deg−1 mol−1 but −32 ± 4 in D2O. The corresponding values for propionic anhydride being −31 ± 2 in H2O but −94 ± 10 in D2O. The implications of these differences are discussed.

Studies in Solvolysis. Part IV. Substituent and Solvent Isotope Effects in the Solvolysis of a Series of Benzyl Trifluoroacetates

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1886-1890 ◽  
Author(s):  
June G. Winter ◽  
J. M. W. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Deuterium Oxide ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effect ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

The rates of neutral hydrolysis of a series of 4-substituted benzyl trifluoroacetates 4-X-C6H4CH2OCOCF3, X = NO2, Cl, H, CH3, and OCH3 have been studied in water and deuterium oxide, both solvents containing 0.012 mol fraction of acetone. The alteration of the rates with the nature of the 4-substituent and the kinetic solvent isotope effect (k(H2O)/k(D2O)) are consistent with the proposal that the esters with X = NO2, Cl, H, and CH3 all react by an acyl–oxygen BAc2 mechanism. On the other hand, the same mechanistic criteria indicate that the 4-methoxybenzyl ester reacts by both the BAc2 and the SN1 alkyl–oxygen fission paths in equal amounts.

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