Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of N,N′-dimethyl-9,9′-biacridanyl by some π acceptors and a one-electron oxidant

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan K. Colter ◽  
Charles C. Lai ◽  
A. Gregg Parsons ◽  
N. Bruce Ramsey ◽  
Gunzi Saito

Oxidation of N,N′-dimethyl-9,9′-biacridanyl (DD) has been investigated as a model for single electron transfer (SET)-initiated oxidation of NADH coenzyme models such as N-methylacridan (DH). Oxidants investigated cover a 1010-fold range of reactivity in acetonitrile and include the π acceptors 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ), 2,6-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone (DCIBQ), p-chloranil (CA), 2,3-dicyanobenzoquinone (DCBQ), 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCNQ), 2,3-dicyano-5-nitro-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCNNQ), 9-dicyanomethylene-2,4,7-trinitrofluorene (DCMTNF), 9-dicyanomethylene-2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorene (DCMTENF), 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), and tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), and the one-electron oxidant tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)cobalt(III), [Formula: see text] The oxidation product is, in every case, N-methylacridinium ion (D+). A mechanism involving a rate-determining electron transfer with simultaneous fragmentation to D+ and N-methyl-9-acridanyl radical (D•) is proposed. This mechanism is supported by the observed dependence of the rate on oxidant reduction potential, by spin-trapping experiments, by kinetic isotope effects in oxidation of 9,9′-dideuterio-DD, and by substituent effects in oxidation of 2,2′- and 3,3′-dimethoxy-DD. The rate of oxidation of DD relative to that of DH is 3.4 × 102 with [Formula: see text] and with the π acceptors varies from ea. 0.3 (BQ) to 8.1 × 104 (DCMTENF). The results rule out a SET-initiated mechanism for oxidation of DH by all of the oxidants studied except TCNQ and DCMTENF.






1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 725-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Abramovitch ◽  
F. Helmer ◽  
J. G. Saha

The mechanism of the direct amination of pyridines is discussed in terms of both addition–elimination and elimination–addition pathways. The absence of deuterium kinetic isotope effects as well as the orientations observed in such reactions rule out the intervention of 2,3- or 2,6-dehydropyridines. The effect of a 3-methyl group upon the reactivities towards the amide ion of the various nuclear positions in pyridine has been determined. Predictions based on molecular orbital (m.o.) calculations are discussed in terms of the detailed mechanism of this reaction and of the orientations observed.



1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu-Gen Lai ◽  
Kenneth Charles Westaway

The secondary α-deuterium kinetic isotope effects and substituent effect found in the SN2 reactions between a series of para-substituted sodium thiophenoxides and benzyldimethylphenylammonium ion are significantly larger when the reacting nucleophile is a free ion than when it is a solvent-separated ion pair complex. Tighter transition states are found when a poorer nucleophile is used in both the free ion and ion pair reactions. Also, the transition states for all but one substituent are tighter for the reactions with the solvent-separated ion pair complex than with the free ion. Hammett ρ values found by changing the substituent on the nucleophile do not appear to be useful for determining the length of the sulphur–α-carbon bond in the ion pair and free ion transition states. Keywords: Isotope effects, ion pairing, nucleophilic substitution, SN2 reactions, transition states.



1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 1394-1400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G. Lee ◽  
Huifa Gai

A kinetic study of the reduction of ferrate ion under basic conditions has been completed. The observation that a typical aliphatic ether, tetrahydrofuran, is oxidized at a rate comparable to that of aliphatic alcohols, such as cyclopentanol, indicates that the reaction between ferrate and alcohols is likely initiated by attack of the oxidant at an α-C—H bond, a conclusion that is consistent with the occurrence of primary deuterium kinetic isotope effects (2.8–4.3 at 25 °C) when α-hydrogens are replaced by deuterium. Because only acyclic products are obtained from the oxidation of cyclobutanol by ferrate, it may be concluded that free radical intermediates are involved in the reaction. The insensitivity of the reaction rates to substituent effects during the oxidation of substituted mandelic acids indicates that substantial charges are not built up in the transition state. All of these observations are most readily accommodated by a mechanism in which the reaction is initiated by a 2 + 2 addition of an Fe=O bond to the α-C—H of an alcohol to give an organometallic intermediate that subsequently decomposes by homolytic cleavage of the resulting C—Fe bond. Comparisons are made with the reactions between alcohols and other high-valent transition metal oxides.



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