Isotope effects in acid-catalyzed aromatic hydrogen exchange

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin A. Cox
1959 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Kresge ◽  
D.P.N. Satchell

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (22) ◽  
pp. 2896-2901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. McClelland ◽  
William F. Reynolds

Rate constants have been obtained for the acid-catalyzed N–H exchange of N-methyl, 2,N-dimethyl, and 2,4,6,N-tetramethylbenzamide and the acid-catalyzed isomerization of the three corresponding N,N-dimethylbenzamides. The ratio [Formula: see text] increases significantly with increased number of ortho methyl substituents. This is explained in terms of a suggestion of Perrin, that C—N bond rotation is not completely free in the N-protonated amide, since it must compete with a diffusion limited deprotonation reaction. The isomerization reaction, which requires such a rotation, is therefore slowed by ortho methyl substituents which hinder rotation, relative to the exchange reaction, which does not require rotation.


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