scholarly journals Molecular electrostatic potential of the reaction center as a descriptor of the reactivity of arylsulfonyl halides

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Evgeny N. Krylov ◽  
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Lyudmila V. Virzum ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Atom ◽  
Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Molecular Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Halogen Bond ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Acetone Water ◽  
Hydroxyl Anion ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

To study the reactivity of arylsulfonyl halides, the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) was considered for the first time as a descriptor. The reaction of hydrolysis of aromatic sulfonyl halides in the medium of mixed acetone-water solvents (according to the literature data of rate constants) was used as a model. The calculation of the structural parameters of the molecules of substituted arylsulfonyl halides was carried out using the ADF2014 software package at the level of the DFT/M06/6-311+G* (PCM) theory. It was found that the magnitude of the MEP on the sulfonyl sulfur atom is very sensitive to changes in the structure of substrates, which makes it possible to determine the change in the ratio between the rate of nucleophilic attack and anionoid abstraction of the leaving group. In particular, using the example of the hydrolysis reaction of substituted thiophenesulfonyl chlorides, it was shown that the acceleration of the reaction is observed with an increase in the donor properties of the substituents and the associated increase in the negative MEP value on the sulfonyl sulfur atom. The antibate character of the dependence of the hydrolysis constant values on the IEP value indicates that not the nucleophilic attack is the rate determining in the interaction of thiophene sulfonyl chlorides and the hydroxyl anion in this sample, but the abstraction of the chloride anion. This reaction has an unstable mechanism, when the ratio between the degree of S-nucleophile bond formation and S-halogen bond cleavage changes. This makes it possible to use MEP as a descriptor of reactivity in the hydrolysis of aryl sulfonyl halides and to elucidate the details of changes in the structure of transition states during the implementation of mechanisms other than pure SN2 mechanism.

Revised mechanism for the hydrolysis of ethers in aqueous acid

2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 811-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin A. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Positive Charge ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Subsequent Paper ◽  
Reaction Intermediates ◽  
Aqueous Acid ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Protonated Species ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

It has been shown recently that many supposed reaction intermediates in aqueous media do not have lifetimes long enough for them to serve this purpose. Among these are oxygen-protonated species where the positive charge is not delocalized, primary and secondary carbocations, and the commonly written species H3O+ and HO–. This means that the mechanisms for many of the organic reactions that take place in aqueous media are in need of revision. This paper concerns the acid hydrolysis of simple ethers, many of which cannot form carbocations stable enough to exist in water. Rather than an A1 process in which an oxygen-protonated species dissociates into an alcohol and a carbocation, which is then quenched by water, or an A2 process in which a water molecule or another nucleophilic species assists in this, the mechanism for most ethers is a general-acid-catalyzed process in which proton transfer to oxygen is concerted with C–O bond cleavage in cases where a stable carbocation can exist, or additionally concerted with nucleophilic attack for those cases in which stable carbocation formation is not possible. All of the cases for which rate constant data could be found in the literature are analyzed and discussed in this paper, with the exception of the hydrolyses of several azoethers, where additional hydrolysis mechanisms are possible. These will be discussed in a subsequent paper.

Designed nucleophilic attack based on molecular electrostatic potential

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (49) ◽  
pp. 9255-9258 ◽  
Author(s):  
György M. Keserü ◽  
Mária Kajtár-Peredy ◽  
Gábor Náray-Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Molecular Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack

Molecular Electrostatic Potential-Based Atoms in Molecules: Shielding Effects and Reactivity Patterns

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anmol Kumar ◽  
Shridhar R. Gadre
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Molecular Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Atoms In Molecules ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Nmr Data ◽  
Electronic Distribution ◽  
Molecular Charge ◽  
Shielding Effects

The Atoms in Molecules (AIM) concept based on the zero-flux surface (ZFS) of the gradient of molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) has been recently proposed by the present authors. The nature of MESP-based atomic basins brings out the asymmetric electronic distribution in a molecule. An electron-rich atom among the two bonded atoms is seen to possess a completely closed MESP-based atomic basin. The present article illustrates the nature of atomic basins for a variety of molecules such as BF, BH3, AlCl3, B2H6, and Al2Cl6, and a Lewis acid–base pair, viz. NH3BH3 wherein the electronic distribution is not merely guided by difference in the electronegativity of the atoms. The study also explores some transition metal complexes, viz. Ni(CO)4, Fe(CO)5, Cr(CO)6, Mn2(CO)10, Co2(CO)8, Fe(η5-C5H5)2, Co(η3-C3H5), and Co(η3-C3H5)(CO)3, which show a similar phenomenon of intricate charge transfer among the ligands and the metal centre. The present article employs MESP-based AIM for a qualitative explanation of the shielding or deshielding effects revealed by NMR data as well as susceptibility of an atomic region towards an electrophilic or nucleophilic attack. Because the topographical features of MESP and thus the nature of atomic basins are not very sensitive to the level of theory and basis set, the present article demonstrates the capability of MESP as a consistent and simple tool for the portrayal of asymmetry in molecular charge distribution.

Theoretical study of hydrogen bonding interactions in substituted nitroxide radicals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thufail M. Ismail ◽  
Neetha Mohan ◽  
P. K. Sajith
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Interaction Energy ◽  
Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Molecular Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Nitroxide Radicals ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding Interactions ◽  
Bonded Complexes ◽  
Hydrogen Bonded

Interaction energy (Eint) of hydrogen bonded complexes of nitroxide radicals can be assessed in terms of the deepest minimum of molecular electrostatic potential (Vmin).

scholarly journals Unveiling the crucial intermediates in androgen production

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (52) ◽  
pp. 15856-15861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr J. Mak ◽  
Michael C. Gregory ◽  
Ilia G. Denisov ◽  
Stephen G. Sligar ◽  
James R. Kincaid
Keyword(s):  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Reaction Intermediates ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
Androgen Synthesis ◽  
Ferric Peroxo ◽  
Enzymatic Mechanisms ◽  
Primary Substrate

Ablation of androgen production through surgery is one strategy against prostate cancer, with the current focus placed on pharmaceutical intervention to restrict androgen synthesis selectively, an endeavor that could benefit from the enhanced understanding of enzymatic mechanisms that derives from characterization of key reaction intermediates. The multifunctional cytochrome P450 17A1 (CYP17A1) first catalyzes the typical hydroxylation of its primary substrate, pregnenolone (PREG) and then also orchestrates a remarkable C17–C20 bond cleavage (lyase) reaction, converting the 17-hydroxypregnenolone initial product to dehydroepiandrosterone, a process representing the first committed step in the biosynthesis of androgens. Now, we report the capture and structural characterization of intermediates produced during this lyase step: an initial peroxo-anion intermediate, poised for nucleophilic attack on the C20 position by a substrate-associated H-bond, and the crucial ferric peroxo-hemiacetal intermediate that precedes carbon–carbon (C-C) bond cleavage. These studies provide a rare glimpse at the actual structural determinants of a chemical transformation that carries profound physiological consequences.

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