Secondary α-deuterium kinetic isotope effects for the E2 reaction of the 2-phenylethyl halides with tert-butoxide ion in tert-butyl alcohol

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter James Smith ◽  
Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa ◽  
Kenneth Charles Westaway
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Elimination Reactions ◽  
Leaving Groups ◽  
High Base

Secondary α-deuterium kinetic isotope effects have been determined for the elimination reactions of 2-phenylethyl halides with tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol at 40 °C in the presence and absence of the crown ether 18C6. The second-order rate constant k2 and the normal (kH/kD)α effect remained constant when the tert-butoxide concentration was varied for reaction of the iodo and bromo compounds. However, both the magnitude of k2 and the secondary α-deuterium isotope effect were significantly dependent on [t-BuO−] when chlorine and fluorine are the leaving groups. It is noteworthy that (kH/kD)α is inverse for the reaction of both the chloro and fluoro compounds at "low" base concentrations and normal at "high" base concentrations. These results are discussed in terms of both syn- and anti-elimination pathways promoted by various associated and dissociated base species. It is suggested that the (kH/kD)α effect may be useful as a criterion for determining the stereochemistry of E2 elimination reactions.

Using secondary alpha deuterium kinetic isotope effects to determine the stereochemistry of an E2 reaction; the stereochemistry of the E2 reaction of 1-chloro-2-phenylethane with potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 1145-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter James Smith ◽  
David AJ Crowe ◽  
Kenneth Charles Westaway
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Transition State Structure ◽  
Isotopic Labelling ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol

Isotopic labelling studies have shown that the E2 reaction of 1-chloro-2-phenylethane with potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol occurs via an anti-periplanar stereochemistry. This demonstrates that the different secondary alpha deuterium kinetic isotope effects found for the high and low base concentrations and in the presence of 18-crown-6 ether are because of changes in transition state structure that occur when the form of the reacting base changes rather than to a change in the stereochemistry of the reaction.Key words: E2 reaction, stereochemistry, secondary alpha deuterium kinetic isotope effects, transition state.

The reaction between 2,2-di(4-nitrophenyl)1,1,1-trifluoroethane and tert-butoxide ion in tert-butyl alcohol solvent

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (18) ◽  
pp. 1979-1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Jarczewski ◽  
Kenneth T. Leffek
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Blue Colour ◽  
Butyl Ether ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Reaction Proceeds ◽  
Alcohol Solvent

The reaction between 2,2-di(4-nitrophenyl) 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and excess sodium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol takes place rapidly to yield first the olefin, by elimination of HF. This is followed by a slower addition of tert-butoxide to the olefin, which upon reaction with the solvent gives the tert-butyl ether as the final product. The blue anions involved in each of these reactions are observed.Rate constants, the primary deuterium kinetic isotope effects, and the activation parameters have been measured for the appearance of the initial blue colour and also for the formation of the olefin. It is concluded that the reaction proceeds by a reversible ElcB mechanism.

SOME DEUTERIUM KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS: IV. β-DEUTERIUM EFFECTS IN WATER SOLVOLYSIS OF ETHYL, ISOPROPYL, AND tert-BUTYL COMPOUNDS

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 2171-2177 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. Leffek ◽  
J. A. Llewellyn ◽  
R. E. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Alkyl Halides ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects ◽  
Intramolecular Forces

The secondary β-deuterium isotope effects have been measured in the water solvolytic reaction of alkyl halides and sulphonates for primary, secondary, and tertiary species. In every case the kinetic isotope effect was greater than unity (kH/kD > 1). This isotope effect may be associated with varying degrees of hyperconjugation or altered non-bonding intramolecular forces. The experiments make it difficult to decide which effect is most important.

THE DECOMPOSITION OF SILYL PEROXIDES

1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 985-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Hiatt
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Base Catalysis ◽  
First Order ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Acid And Base

The thermal decomposition of tert-butyl trimethylsilyl peroxide has been investigated and found to be sensitive to acid and base catalysis and to the nature of the solvent. In heptane and iso-octane the first-order rate constant could be expressed as 1.09 × 1015e−41200/RT and in 1-octene as 3.90 × 1015e−41200/RT (sec−1). The half life at 203 °C was about 1 hour. The reaction was faster in aromatic solvents; in chlorobenzene it was complicated by formation of HCl from the solvent.Products of the reaction were acetone, tert-butyl alcohol and hexamethyldisiloxane.

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