Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of tetramethoxyethene in aqueous solution. Initial state stabilization by the methoxy groups

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 1786-1790 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Kresge ◽  
M. Leibovitch ◽  
K. R. Kopecky
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Dimethyl Acetal ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Olefinic Carbon ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Methoxy Groups ◽  
Rate Retardation ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of tetramethoxyethene to methyl dimethoxyacetate in aqueous solution at 25 °C was found to occur with the hydronium-ion catalytic coefficient [Formula: see text], to give the solvent isotope effect [Formula: see text], and to provide a Brønsted relation based upon six carboxylic acids with the exponent α = 0.42. These data indicate that the reaction proceeds via rate-determining proton transfer from the catalyzing acid to an olefinic carbon atom of the substrate. They also show tetramethoxyethene to be 1.0 × 106 times less reactive than 1,1-dimethoxyethene (ketene dimethyl acetal), a rate retardation 600 times greater than that expected from initial state stabilization by the two additional methoxy groups in tetramethoxyethene; possible causes of this disparity are discussed. Keywords: tetramethoxyethene, carbon–carbon double bond reactivity, ketene acetal, vinyl ether hydrolysis.

Vinyl ether hydrolysis XXVIII. The mechanism of reaction of methyl α-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)vinyl ether

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Jones ◽  
A. J. Kresge
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Ether ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Tracer Study ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effect ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Mechanism Of Reaction ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl α-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)vinyl ether in aqueous solution at 25 °C occurs with the hydronium ion catalytic coefficient [Formula: see text] and gives the solvent isotope effect [Formula: see text] this indicates that reaction occurs by rate-determining proton transfer from the catalyst to the substrate to generate an alkoxycarbocation intermediate. An oxygen-18 tracer study shows further that, despite the steric hindrance provided by its two ortho substituents, this cation then reacts by addition of water to the cationic carbon atom to generate a hemiacetal, and not by nucleophilic attack of water on the methyl group remote from the carbocationic center:[Formula: see text]

THE CHEMISTRY OF ETHYLENE OXIDE: V. THE REACTION OF ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH HALIDE IONS IN NEUTRAL AND ACID SOLUTION

1952 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Eastham ◽  
G. A. Latremouille
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Ethylene Oxide ◽  
Acid Solution ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Hydrogen Halide ◽  
Halide Ions ◽  
Neutral Aqueous Solution ◽  
Rate Of Hydrolysis ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The rates of reaction of halide ions with ethylene oxide in neutral aqueous solution and the rate of hydrolysis of ethylene oxide in acid solution have been measured and the activation energies determined. From these data and from the ratio of glycol to chlorohydrin formed when ethylene oxide reacts with excess aqueous hydrogen halide, the rates of the acid-catalyzed addition of halide ions to ethylene oxide at 25 °C. have been estimated.

Solvolysis of sulphonyl halides. V. Hydrolysis and deuterolysis of methanesulphonyl chloride

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2427
Author(s):  
ML Tonnet ◽  
AN Hambly
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Thermodynamic Parameters ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Large Reduction ◽  
Butyl Chloride ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effect ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The values of the thermodynamic parameters of activation have been determined for the solvolysis of methanesulphonyl chloride in H2O and D2O and their mixtures with moderate amounts of dioxan. Some of the data are not in agreement with the postulate that the kinetic solvent isotope effect and the maximum in the rate of solvolysis produced by the addition of dioxan are due to changes in the initial state of the reacting system rather than to changes in the transition state. The addition of dioxan does not produce a large reduction in the solvent isotope effect as reported for the hydrolysis of t-butyl chloride and predicted to be general. The relative rates of solvolysis in mixtures of H2O and D2O are not in agreement with the analysis of such reactions by Swain and Thornton.

Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 2-methylene-1,3-dithiolane. 2. Remarkable effects of β substitution on reversibility of the carbon protonation

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1116-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadashi Okuyama ◽  
Masayoshi Toyoda ◽  
Takayuki Fueno
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Isotope Exchange ◽  
Relative Stabilities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Initial Carbon ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Rate ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Hydrolyses of 2-ethylidene-(1b), 2-isopropylidene-(1c), and 2-benzylidene-1,3-dithiolane (1d) were kinetically investigated in aqueous solution. All the individual rate constants involved in this three-step reaction were evaluated. Initial carbon protonation is only partially reversible (k2/k−1 = 1.33, 0.68, and 1.02 for 1b, 1c, and 1d, respectively) at higher pH, while the protonation becomes completely reversible below pH 2 where the third step is rate determining. Complete H–D isotope exchange at the β-carbon of 1b and 1d was observed in deuterium media before appreciable hydrolysis took place. It was demonstrated that reversion from the tetrahedral intermediate 3 to 1 occurs extensively during the reaction in the latter acidity range. Relative stabilities and reactivities of the olefinic substrates 1 are discussed.

Vinyl ether hydrolysis. XXIV. 1-Methoxycyclooctene and the question of reversibility of the carbon protonation step

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Kresge ◽  
Y. Yin
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Vinyl Ether ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Hydrolysis Rate ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Mineral Acids ◽  
Dilute Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

An argument is presented which suggests that hydrolysis of the vinyl ether group of 1-methoxycyclooctene may occur by reversible proton transfer from a catalyzing acid to the β-carbon atom of the substrate, instead of by the conventional reaction mechanism in which this proton transfer is rate determining and not reversible. Hydrolysis of this substrate is then examined by measuring rates of reaction in dilute aqueous solutions of strong mineral acids (perchloric and hydrochloric) as well as in buffer solutions of seven carboxylic acids, biphosphate ion, and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol. General acid catalysis is observed and a Brønsted relation with the exponent α = 0.73 is constructed. That, plus the isotope effects kH/kD = 2.9 and 6.0 for catalysis by hydronium ion and acetic acid respectively, as well as the lack of deuterium incorporation into the substrate when the reaction is carried out in D2O with D2PO4−/DPO42− buffer at pD = 8, show that carbon protonation of the substrate is not reversible and that the conventional reaction mechanism is operative. Key words: 1-methoxycyclooctene, vinyl ether hydrolysis, rate-determining proton transfer, Brønsted relation, solvent isotope effect.

Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 4-diazo-isothiochroman-3-one. Comparison with the acyclic analog and the corresponding oxygen system

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Jefferson ◽  
A.J. Kresge ◽  
S.W. Paine
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Atom ◽  
Negative Charge ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Am1 Calculations ◽  
Charge Delocalization ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Hydronium Ion ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Group Migration ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the cyclic diazothiolactone, 4-diazoisochroman-3-one (3) was found to occur with the hydronium-ion isotope effect, [Formula: see text] and to give the ring-contracted product, 1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene-1-carboxylic acid (4). This shows that protonation of the diazo carbon atom occurs in the rate-determining step and that the reaction also involves migration of the thio group. The hydronium-ion catalytic coefficient for this reaction, [Formula: see text], is 45 times less than that for hydrolysis of its acyclic thio ester analog, S-methyl phenyldiazothioacetate (5). Semiempirical AM1 molecular orbital calculations support the idea that this difference in reactivity is the result of increased delocalization of negative charge into the aromatic ring in the case of the cyclic substrate, which reduces the negative charge on the diazo carbon atom and makes it less susceptible to protonation. Key words: hydrolysis, diazoalkanes, charge delocalization, AM1 calculations, thio group migration.

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