Substituent effects on rates of formation of methoxy-substituted carbonyl ylides from 2-aryl-2-methoxy- and 5-aryl-2-methoxy-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Békhazi ◽  
Peter J. Smith ◽  
John Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Partial Identification ◽  
Trans Isomers ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Bond Scission ◽  
Carbonyl Ylide ◽  
Substituent Constants

2-Aryl-2-methoxy-5,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (4) and 5-aryl-2-methoxy-2,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (5) were synthesized. Compounds 4 decompose in solution with first order kinetics. Rate constants are correlated with Hammett substituent constants (σ−) with ρ(49.2 °C) = 0.74 and 0.89 for CCl4, and CD3OD, respectively. The final products from 4 indicate that thermolysis involves the cleavage of both C—N bonds, to form N2 and, initially, a carbonyl ylide. Compounds 5, which were obtained as mixtures of cis/trans isomers containing several impurities, and which therefore gave poorer kinetic data, decomposed in CDCl3 solution with [Formula: see text] Carbonyl ylide intermediates, similar to those from the closelyrelated compounds 4, were assumed on the basis of analogy and on the basis of partial identification of products. The effects of para substituents in the aryl groups of 4 and 5 show that the transition states have greater electron density at C-2 of 4 and at C-5 of 5 than do the starting materials. In spite of the increase in electron density at C-2 of 4, the transition state must be less polar, overall, than the ground state because rate constants for thermolysis of 4 in methanol are smaller than those for CCl4, solvent. A plausible explanation for the substituent effects and the solvent effects is that the loss of N2 is concerted, with a transition state resembling more closely a spin paired 1,3-diradical than a 1,3-dipole. Alternative stepwise mechanisms, in which C2—N3 bond scission of 4 and C5—N4 bond scission of 5 are the rate-determining steps, leading to 1,5-diradical intermediates, can not be excluded on the basis of the evidence.

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 of rate constants for thermal [4π + 2π] cycloreversion of spiro-fused β-lactam oxadiazolines

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Zoghbi ◽  
John Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Transition States ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Ground States ◽  
Phenyl Substituent ◽  
First Order ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Carbonyl Ylide

Twelve Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines in which C-2 is also C-4 of a β-lactam moiety (spiro-fused β-lactam oxadiazoline system) were thermolyzed as solutions in benzene. Substituents in the β-lactam portion affect the rate constant for thermal decomposition of the oxadiazolines to N2, acetone, and a β-lactam-4-ylidene. The total spread of first-order rate constants at 100 °C was 47-fold and the average value was 6.7 × 10−4 s−1. A phenyl substituent at N-1 or at C-3 was found to be rate enhancing, relative to methyl. At C-3, H and Cl were also rate enhancing, relative to methyl. The data are interpreted in terms of the differential effects of substituents on the stabilities of the ground states, and on the stabilities of corresponding transition states for concerted, suprafacial, [4π + 2π] cycloreversion. The first products, presumably formed irreversibly, are N2 and a carbonyl ylide. The latter subsequently fragments to form acetone (quantitative) and a β-lactam-4-ylidene.

scholarly journals Prediction of ortho substituent effect in alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of substituted benzoic acids in aqueous acetonitrile

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1964-1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilve Nummert ◽  
Mare Piirsalu ◽  
Ilmar Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Benzoic Acids ◽  
Aqueous Acetonitrile ◽  
Substituent Constants ◽  
Substituted Benzoic Acids ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Ortho Substituent

AbstractThe second-order rate constants k for the alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of meta-, para- and ortho-substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2C6H5, in aqueous 50.9% acetonitrile have been measured spectrophotometrically at 25°C. The log k values for meta and para derivatives correlated well with the Hammett σm,p substituent constants. The log k values for ortho-substituted phenyl benzoates showed good correlations with the Charton equation, containing the inductive, σI, resonance, σ○ R, and steric, E s B, and Charton υ substituent constants. For ortho derivatives the predicted (log k X)calc values were calculated with equation (log k ortho)calc = (log k H AN)exp + 0.059 + 2.19σI + 0.304σ○ R + 2.79E s B − 0.0164ΔEσI — 0.0854ΔEσ○ R, where DE is the solvent electrophilicity, ΔE = E AN — E H20 = −5.84 for aqueous 50.9% acetonitrile. The predicted (log k X)calc values for phenyl ortho-, meta- and para-substituted benzoates in aqueous 50.9% acetonitrile at 25°C precisely coincided with the experimental log k values determined in the present work.The substituent effects from the benzoyl moiety and aryl moiety were compared by correlating the log k values for the alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2C6H5, in various media with the corresponding log k values for substituted phenyl benzoates, C6H5CO2C6H4-X.

Kinetics of reactions of para-substituted phenyl isocyanates with amines and alcohols

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1662-1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Danihel ◽  
Falk Barnikol ◽  
Pavol Kristian
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Stopped Flow ◽  
Partial Charges ◽  
Hammett Correlation ◽  
One Step ◽  
Kinetics Of

The reaction of para-substituted phenyl isocyanates with amines and alcohols was studied by stopped-flow method. The Hammett correlation obtained showed that the sensitivity of the above mentioned reactions toward substituent effects is the same as that of analogous reactions of phenyl isothiocyanates (ρ ~ 2). The rate constants of these reactions were found to be affected more by steric effects than by solvent effects. An one step multicentre mechanism with partial charges in transition state has been proposed for the title reactions.

Substituent effects upon cation–pseudobase equilibration for isoquinolinium and phthalazinium cations

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (22) ◽  
pp. 3195-3199 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Bunting ◽  
Vivian S.-F. Chew ◽  
Shinta Sindhuatmadja
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Reasonable Agreement ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Correlation Equation ◽  
First Order ◽  
Substituent Constants ◽  
Pseudo First Order ◽  
Correlation Line

pKR+ values have been measured for cation–pseudobase equilibration by 4-X-2-methylisoquinolinium cations (1) (X = Br, CONH2, COC6H5, CN, NO2) at 25 °C, ionic strength 0.1. These pKR+ values are well correlated by Hammett equations using either σ or σ−para substituent constants. The best correlation gives: pKR+ = −8.8 (± 0.3) σp− + 16.5 (± 0.2) (r = 0.998). The value pKR+ = 16.29 measured by Cook et al. (Tetrahedron, 32, 1773 (1976)) for the 2-methylisoquinolinium cation in dimethyl sulfoxide – water solutions is in reasonable agreement with this correlation equation. For the 2-methyl-5-nitrophthalazinium cation, pKR+ = 7.87, and pKRO− = 12.10 for alkoxide ion formation by the pseudobase of this cation.The pH dependence of the pseudo first-order rate constants (kobs) for cation–pseudobase equilibration has been measured for 1:X = CONH2, COC6H5, CN and for the 2-methylphthalazinium cation (3) and its 5-NO2 derivative (4). For each of these cations, [Formula: see text] and kd = k1[H+] + k2 and the parameters [Formula: see text] have been evaluated. For 1:X = CONH2 and CN and 3, kOH is consistent with a correlation line between log kOH and pKR+ established for other isoquinolinium cations (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 99, 1189 (1977)). For 1:X = COC6H5, kOH is seven-fold smaller, and for 4, kOH is five-fold greater than predicted by this correlation line.

Synthesis and cyclization kinetics and mechanism of 1-(2-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)-3-aryltriazenes. Kinetic acidity function of sodium methoxide in methanol

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 2468-2474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oldřich Pytela ◽  
Vladimír Dlouhý
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Sodium Methoxide ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Acidity Function ◽  
Subsequent Reaction ◽  
Limiting Step ◽  
Kinetic Acidity ◽  
Substituent Constants ◽  
Catalytic Rate ◽  
Cyclization Kinetics

Eight 1-(2-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)-3-aryltriazenes have been synthetized and the rate constants of their sodium-methoxide-catalyzed cyclization have been measured in methanol at 25 °C. The experimental rate constants kobs have been adopted to construct the kinetic acidity function HKM which has been shown to be identical with the -log[CH3O-] values. Two mathematical procedures have been used to determine the catalytic rate constants and their dependence on the Hammett substituent constants. A closer dependence is obtained with the σ values than with the σp- values. The ρ value found (0.3) indicates a compensation of the substituent effects upon the dissociation of the starting triazene and upon the subsequent reaction of the conjugated base. Out of the two mechanistic alternatives - E1cB and BAc2 - the latter appears to be more probable, the splitting of tetrahedral intermediate being its limiting step.

Merostabilization in radical ions, triplets, and biradicals. 5. The thermal cis–trans isomerization of para-substituted tetraphenylethylenes

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Leigh ◽  
Donald R. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Benzene Solution ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Thermal Isomerization ◽  
Radical Ions ◽  
Trans Isomers ◽  
X Ray ◽  
System A ◽  
Cis And Trans Isomers ◽  
Cis And Trans

The cis- and trans-isomers of four para-substituted (three disubstituted and one tetrasubstituted) tetraphenylethylenes have been synthesized, separated, and characterized by either dipole moment or X-ray analysis. The rates of thermal isomerization of the disubstituted derivatives in benzene solution correlate with a substituent parameter reflecting substituent effects on benzylic radical stabilities (σ•), which reflects the biradical nature of the transition state for thermal isomerization in this system. A significant rate enhancement is observed for the tetrasubstituted derivative, in which merostabilization of the transition state is possible.The Arrhenius parameters for thermal isomerization in benzene were determined. From the variation observed for the disubstituted derivatives, an estimate of 35.5 kcal mol−1 for the rotational barrier in tetraphenylethylene is obtained. The activation energy for thermal isomerization of the tetrasubstituted derivative is 2 kcal mol−1 lower than those of the other three; this provides an assessment of the importance of merostabilization in this system.The thermal isomerization of some related olefins (e.g. bianthrylidenes and indigo derivatives) is discussed in light of these results.

General acid-catalyzed addition of methanol to (E)-N-benzylideneanilines

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 760-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadjia Bennour ◽  
Jean Toullec
Keyword(s):  
Carboxylic Acid ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
General Acid ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Catalytic Rate ◽  
Solvent Molecules

The reaction of equilibrium addition of methanol (α-amino ether formation) to benzylideneanilines (C6H5=NC6H4Y, with Y = H (1a), 3-Cl (1b), 3-NO2 (1c), 4-CN (1d), and 4-NO2(1e)) in methanol is shown to be general acid-catalyzed in carboxylic acid buffers. The mechanism involves fast iminium ion formation followed by base-assisted addition of methanol. The α Brønsted exponents are in the 0.67-0.88 range, and α increases with the electron-withdrawing ability of Y. The same mechanism is valid for MeOH2+-catalysis, meaning that two solvent molecules are involved in the addition process, one of them playing the role of base. The equilibrium constant, K, is increased by electron-withdrawing substituents, log K depending linearly on the σ- substituent parameters. The substituent effects on the forward and reverse catalytic rate constants are analyzed by means of the log k = ρnσn + ρr(σ- - σn) + constant (Young-Jencks) equation. For carboxylic acid catalysis, the ρn and ρr parameters are in keeping with ca. half C—O bond forming or breaking at the transition state. The catalytic rate constants and α exponent for elimination of ClCH2CH2OH in methanol from the C6H5CH(OCH2CH2Cl)NH(4-CNC6H4) chloroethyl adduct are compared with those for the elimination of methanol from C6H5CH(OCH3)NH(4-CNC6H4). The chloromethyl group makes the reaction slower and α lower. This indicates that proton transfer is a little ahead of C—O bond cleavage at the transition state. Y substituent effects, α values, and the effects of the CH2Cl group are interpreted on the basis of a More O'Ferrall - Jencks diagram.Key words: imine, free energy linear relationship, nucleophilic addition, More O'Ferrall - Jencks diagram, Schiff base

Mechanisms for the oxidation of secondary alcohols by dioxoruthenium(VI) complexes

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 919-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Wang ◽  
W David Chandler ◽  
Donald G Lee
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Secondary Alcohols ◽  
Benzyl Alcohols ◽  
Radical Intermediates ◽  
Oxidation Of Alcohols ◽  
Substituent Constants ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects ◽  
Rate Limiting

Possible mechanisms for the oxidation of alcohols by dioxoruthenium(VI) complexes are critically evaluated. Rate constants for the reduction of trans-[(TMC)RuVI(O)2]++ (TMC = 1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) by substituted benzhydrols are correlated more satisfactorily with Hammett σ substituent constants ( rho = -1.44 ± 0.08, r2 = 0.98) than with σ + substituent constants ( rho = -0.72 ± 0.11, r2 = 0.83). Similar observations for the oxidation of substituted benzyl alcohols have recently been reported, confirming that the transition state for these reactions is not carbocation-like. Primary deuterium isotope effects indicate that cleavage of the α -C-H bond is rate-limiting. The lack of an observable O-D isotope effect and the ease of oxidation of ethers indicates that the presence of a hydroxyl is not essential. The previously reported observation that cyclobutanol is quantitatively converted into cyclobutanone by dioxoruthenium(VI) complexes eliminates free-radical intermediates from consideration as part of the mechanism, and negative entroπes of activation (-Δ Sdouble dagger = 96-137 J mol-1 K-1) suggest a structured transition state. Only two of eight possible reaction mechanisms considered were found to be consistent with the available data. A critical analysis of the available data indicates that a 2 + 2 (C-H + Ru font 35137 roman T O) addition and a reaction initiated by ligand formation through the interaction of the reductant's HOMO with the oxidant's LUMO are the most likely reaction mechanisms.Key words: oxidation, alcohols, ruthenium(VI), mechanism, substituent effects.

Thermolysis of 5,5-dimethyl-4-aryl-Δ1-1,2,4-triazolin-3-ones in solution. Products, kinetics, substituent effects, and solvent effects

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubomira M. Cabelkova-Taguchi ◽  
John Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Oxidative Cyclization ◽  
First Order ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Aryl Amine ◽  
First Order Kinetics

A series of 5,5-dimethyl-4-aryl-Δ1-1,2,4-triazolin-3-ones (Ar = C6H5, p-C6H4CH3, p-C6H4OCH3, p-C6H4Cl, and p-C6H4Br) were prepared from the corresponding 4-arylsemicarbazones of acetone by oxidative cyclization on alumina. The triazolinones decompose in solution to N2, CO, and isopropylidene aryl amine, with first order kinetics, in the temperature range 148–200 °C. Average activation parameters are ΔH≠ = 35 kcal mol−1 and ΔS≠ = 8 cal K−1 mol−1. Substituent effects are correlated through σ-constants but the thermolyses are relatively insensitive to substituents, with ρ = −0.17 at 172.5 °C. Solvent effects indicate a transition state that is less polar than the ground state.It is tentatively concluded that the triazolinone fragmentation, like the analogous thermolysis of a Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolin-2-one, may be a fully-concerted but nonsynchronous process with a transition state involving little, if any, charge separation. Other mechanisms, except for those involving highly polar (e.g. zwitterionic) transition states, have not been ruled out.

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