scholarly journals A quantitative approach to nucleophilic organocatalysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1458-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Mayr ◽  
Sami Lakhdar ◽  
Biplab Maji ◽  
Armin R Ofial
Keyword(s):  
Heterocyclic Carbenes ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Carbenium Ions ◽  
Lewis Bases ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Imidazoline Derivatives ◽  
Iminium Ions ◽  
Kinetic Investigations ◽  
Key Steps ◽  
Electrophilic Additions

The key steps in most organocatalytic cyclizations are the reactions of electrophiles with nucleophiles. Their rates can be calculated by the linear free-energy relationship log k(20 °C) = s N(E + N), where electrophiles are characterized by one parameter (E) and nucleophiles are characterized by the solvent-dependent nucleophilicity (N) and sensitivity (s N) parameters. Electrophilicity parameters in the range –10 < E < –5 were determined for iminium ions derived from cinnamaldehyde and common organocatalysts, such as pyrrolidines and imidazolidinones, by studying the rates of their reactions with reference nucleophiles. Iminium activated reactions of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes can, therefore, be expected to proceed with nucleophiles of 2 < N < 14, because such nucleophiles are strong enough to react with iminium ions but weak enough not to react with their precursor aldehydes. With the N parameters of enamines derived from phenylacetaldehyde and MacMillan’s imidazolidinones one can rationalize why only strong electrophiles, such as stabilized carbenium ions (–8 < E < –2) or hexachlorocyclohexadienone (E = –6.75), are suitable electrophiles for enamine activated reactions with imidazolidinones. Several mechanistic controversies concerning iminium and enamine activated reactions could thus be settled by studying the reactivities of independently synthesized intermediates. Kinetic investigations of the reactions of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) with benzhydrylium ions showed that they have similar nucleophilicities to common organocatalysts (e.g., PPh3, DMAP, DABCO) but are much stronger (100–200 kJ mol–1) Lewis bases. While structurally analogous imidazolylidenes and imidazolidinylidenes have comparable nucleophilicities and Lewis basicities, the corresponding deoxy Breslow intermediates differ dramatically in reactivity. The thousand-fold higher nucleophilicity of 2-benzylidene-imidazoline relative to 2-benzylidene-imidazolidine is explained by the gain of aromaticity during electrophilic additions to the imidazoline derivatives. O-Methylated Breslow intermediates are a hundred-fold less nucleophilic than deoxy Breslow intermediates.

Synthesis and characterization of a series of 1-methyl-4-[2-aryl-1-diazenyl]piperazines and a series of ethyl 4-[2-aryl-1-diazenyl]-1-piperazinecarboxylates

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 1294-1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Renée Little ◽  
Keith Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Piperazine Ring ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
In Series ◽  
Methylene Groups ◽  
Diazonium Coupling ◽  
The Difference

1-Methylpiperazine was coupled with a series of diazonium salts to afford the 1-methyl-4-[2-aryl-1-diazenyl]piperazines (2), a new series of triazenes, which have been characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. Assignment of the chemical shifts to specific protons and carbons in the piperazine ring was facilitated by comparison with the chemical shifts in the model compounds piperazine and 1-methylpiperazine and by a HETCOR experiment with the p-tolyl derivative (2i). A DEPT experiment with 1-methylpiperazine (6) was necessary to distinguish the methyl and methylene groups in 6, and a HETCOR spectrum of 6 enabled the correlation of proton and carbon chemical shifts. Line broadening of the signals from the ring methylene protons is attributed to restricted rotation around the N2-N3 bond of the triazene moiety in 2. The second series of triazenes, the ethyl 4-[2-phenyl-1-diazenyl]-1-piperazinecarboxylates (3), have been prepared by similar diazonium coupling to ethyl 1-piperazinecarboxylate and were similarly characterized. The chemical shifts of the piperazine ring protons are much closer together in series 3 than in series 2, resulting in distortion of the multiplets for these methylenes. It was noticed that the difference between these chemical shifts in 3 exhibited a linear free energy relationship with the Hammett substituent constants for the substituents in the aryl ring. Key words: triazene, piperazine, diazonium coupling, NMR, HETCOR, linear free energy relationship.

scholarly journals Congener-specific partition properties of chlorinated paraffins evaluated with COSMOtherm and gas chromatographic retention indices

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jort Hammer ◽  
Hidenori Matsukami ◽  
Satoshi Endo
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Properties ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Retention Indices ◽  
Chromatographic Retention ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Chlorinated Paraffins ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices ◽  
High Volume Production ◽  
Volume Production

AbstractChlorinated Paraffins (CPs) are high volume production chemicals and have been found in various organisms including humans and in environmental samples from remote regions. It is thus of great importance to understand the physical–chemical properties of CPs. In this study, gas chromatographic (GC) retention indexes (RIs) of 25 CP congeners were measured on various polar and nonpolar columns to investigate the relationships between the molecular structure and the partition properties. Retention measurements show that analytical standards of individual CPs often contain several stereoisomers. RI values show that chlorination pattern have a large influence on the polarity of CPs. Single Cl substitutions (–CHCl–, –CH2Cl) generally increase polarity of CPs. However, many consecutive –CHCl– units (e.g., 1,2,3,4,5,6-C11Cl6) increase polarity less than expected from the total number of –CHCl– units. Polyparameter linear free energy relationship descriptors show that polarity difference between CP congeners can be explained by the H-bond donating properties of CPs. RI values of CP congeners were predicted using the quantum chemically based prediction tool COSMOthermX. Predicted RI values correlate well with the experimental data (R2, 0.975–0.995), indicating that COSMOthermX can be used to accurately predict the retention of CP congeners on GC columns.

Absorption Spectra of Substituted 2-Phenylindan-1,3-Dion-2-YL Radicals in Solution

1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 1337-1341
Author(s):  
J. Zechner ◽  
N. Getoff ◽  
I. Timtcheva ◽  
F. Fratev ◽  
St. Minchef
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Bathochromic Shift ◽  
Substitution Effects ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy

Abstract Flash photolysis of a series of 2-phenylindandione-1,3 derivatives substituted in the 4′ position results in both the formation of stable benzylidenephthalides and of phenylindan-1,3-dion-2-yl radicals. The u. v. absorption maxima of these radicals are dependent on the solvent and show a bathochromic shift upon substitution. These substitution effects were correlated by means of a linear free energy relationship. Attempts were made to draw conclusions concerning the changes in the gap of the states involved and their curvature due to substitution.

Correlation of Human and Animal Air-to-Blood Partition Coefficients With a Single Linear Free Energy Relationship Model

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1130-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Sprunger ◽  
Jennifer Gibbs ◽  
William E. Acree ◽  
Michael H. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Partition Coefficients ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Relationship Model

Building new discrete supramolecular assemblies through the interaction of iso-tellurazole N-oxides with Lewis acids and bases

2017 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Ho ◽  
Hilary A. Jenkins ◽  
James F. Britten ◽  
Ignacio Vargas-Baca
Keyword(s):  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Lewis Acids ◽  
Heterocyclic Carbenes ◽  
Supramolecular Assemblies ◽  
Triphenyl Phosphine ◽  
Tellurium Atom ◽  
Lewis Bases ◽  
Acids And Bases ◽  
Lewis Acids And Bases

The supramolecular macrocycles spontaneously assembled by iso-tellurazole N-oxides are stable towards Lewis bases as strong as N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) but readily react with Lewis acids such as BR3 (R = Ph, F). The electron acceptor ability of the tellurium atom is greatly enhanced in the resulting O-bonded adducts, which consequently enables binding to a variety of Lewis bases that includes acetonitrile, 4-dimethylaminopyridine, 4,4′-bipyridine, triphenyl phosphine, a N-heterocyclic carbene and a second molecule of iso-tellurazole N-oxide.

Linear free energy relationship rate constants and basicities of N-substituted phenyl glycines in positronium-glycine complex formation

1987 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongti Chen (Y.T. Chen) ◽  
Jiachang Liang ◽  
Youming Du ◽  
Chun Cao ◽  
Dinzhen Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Complex Formation ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy

scholarly journals Rationalisation of the activities of phenolic (vitamin E-type) antioxidants

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-762
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Rhodes ◽  
Thuy T. Tran ◽  
Philip Denton ◽  
Harry Morris
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Gibbs Free Energy ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Gibbs Free Energy Change ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Free Energy Of Activation ◽  
Enthalpy And Entropy

Using Transition-State Theory, experimental rate constants, determined over a range of temperatures, for reactions of vitamin E type antioxidants are analysed in terms of their enthalpies and entropies of activation. It is further shown that computational methods may be employed to calculate enthalpies and entropies, and hence Gibbs Free Energies, for the overall reactions. Within the Linear Free Energy Relationship (LFER) assumption, that the Gibbs Free Energy of activation is proportional to the overall Gibbs Free Energy change for the reaction, it is possible to rationalise, and even to predict, the relative contributions of enthalpy and entropy for reactions of interest, involving potential antioxidants.

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