Proton transfer reactions from 4-X-phenyl-4-nitrophenylcyanomethanes to tetramethylguanidine in acetonitrile solvent

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 2653-2656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Hojatti ◽  
Kenneth T. Leffek
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Equilibrium Constants ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions

The reactions of 4-X-phenyl-4-nitrophenylcyanomethanes with tetramethylguanidine in acetonitrile solvent give carbanionic products absorbing in the range λmax 580–650 nm. The equilibrium constants are all large, in excess of 6000 dm3 mol−1. For a series of deprotonation reactions with X = NO2, Cl, Br, H, and OCH3, the Hammett ρ value is 2.03 ± 0.03. For the same compounds, the primary deuterium isotope effect, kH/kD, varies from 8.9 for X = NO2 to 14.0 for X = OCH3 at 25 °C.

Proton transfer reactions between ortho-methyl substituted derivatives of 4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane and nitrogen bases in acetonitrile solvent

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1454-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth T. Leffek ◽  
Przemyslaw Pruszynski
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Equilibrium Constants ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Methyl Groups ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions

Equilibrium constants, rate constants, primary deuterium isotope effects, and activation parameters have been measured for the proton transfer reactions in acetonitrile solvent of 4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane and 2-methyl-4-nitrophenylphenyl-cyanomethane with tetramethylguanidine base and for the reactions of 2-methyl-4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane and 2,6-di-methyl-4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane with 1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene base. Introduction of the ortho-methyl groups in the substrate molecule caused significant reductions in the equilibrium and rate constants. The expected rise in the kinetic primary deuterium isotope effect was not observed when the first ortho-methyl group was introduced, but a 20% increase did accompany the introduction of the second ortho-methyl group. Enthalpy of activation measurements indicated that there was no increase in the proton tunnelling contribution to the isotope effect when the amount of steric hindrance is increased with ortho-methyl groups.

Kinetics of Proton Transfer Reactions of Carbon Acids. IV. Primary Deuterium Isotope Effect in the Reaction of Di-(4-nitrophenyl)methane-d2 with t-Butoxide

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hang Kim ◽  
Kenneth T. Leffek
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Proton Transfer Reaction ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Enthalpy Of Activation ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions ◽  
Carbon Acids ◽  
Kinetics Of

The primary deuterium isotope effect has been measured for the proton transfer reaction from di-(4-nitrophenyl)methane to t-butoxide ion in a solvent consisting of 10% v/v toluene in t-butanol at a series of temperatures between 20 and 45 °C. The isotopic rate ratio, kH/kD, is 7.3 at 25 °C. The activation parameters showed an enthalpy of activation difference (ΔHD≠ − ΔHH≠) of only ca. [Formula: see text] kcal mol−1 and an entropy isotope effect (ΔSD≠ − ΔSH≠) of −2.4 cal mol−1 deg−1. The latter indicates, according to the theory of Bell, that tunnelling of the proton through the energy barrier is unimportant in this reaction. This result is compared to other reactions in the literature, in which tunnelling has been postulated to occur.

A Potentiometric Study on Proton-Transfer Equilibria and Cationic Conjugation in Pyridine N-Oxide Systems in Acetone and Methanol

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 931 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Chmurzynski ◽  
E Kaczmarczyk ◽  
M Nesterowicz ◽  
G Wawrzyniak ◽  
Z Warnke
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Equilibrium Constants ◽  
Proton Donor ◽  
Heterocyclic Amines ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Oxide Systems ◽  
Experimental Systems ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions ◽  
Potentiometric Titration Method

The potentiometric titration method has been used to study the equilibria of cationic in sytems formed by substituted pyridine N-oxides in the polar, non-aqueous solvents acetone and methanol. For comparison, the systems with trimethylamine N-oxide as a representative of aliphatic amine N-oxides and pyridine representing parent heterocyclic amines were also studied. The cationic heteroconjugation constants, i.e. the equilibrium constants for conjugation reactions between free and protonated N-bases leading to the formation of unsymmetric BHB'+ cations, were determined in experimental systems with and without proton transfer. It was found that there were significant differences in the values of the cationic heteroconjugation constants determined in these two acid-base systems. The proton-transfer reactions limit and even preclude the determination of the cationic heteroconjugation constants. On this basis it was concluded that the heteroconjugation constants should be determined in systems without proton transfer. In such systems, in the amphiprotic solvent methanol, cationic heteroconjugation was ascertained in all substituted pyridine N-oxide systems, the values of heteroconjugation constants being relatively low (logarithms of their values of the order of 2-2.5), and only negligible in systems involving trimethylamine N-oxide. A more pronounced tendency towards cationic heteroconjugation of the [OHO]+ type was observed in the aprotic protophobic acetone, where heteroconjugation constants were determined for all amine N-oxide systems studied including those containing protonated trimethylamine N-oxide as a proton donor. However, the values of the cationic heteroconjugation constants were found to be, in methanol likewise, relatively low (log KBHB'+ of the order of 2-3). On the contrary, a greater extent of cationic heteroconjugation equilibria was observed in methanol than in acetone in the case of systems containing pyridine, i.e. [NHO]+ type bridges formed by amine N-oxides and heterocyclic amines. In methanol the heteroconjugation constants turned out to be determinable for all such systems studied (logarithms of the equilibrium constants being of the same order as for N-oxide systems), whereas in acetone the hetero constants were indeterminable for all systems.

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