Hydrogen exchange of saturated hydrocarbons in homogeneous media Communication 3. Ionic-chain mechanism of the reaction of isotopic exchange of the hydrogen of methylcyclohexane in solutions of trifluoroacetic and sulfuric acids

Author(s):  
D. N. Kursanov ◽  
V. N. Setkina ◽  
N. V. Fok

Chloroform and the other chloromethanes, except carbon tetrachloride, accelerate the gas-phase oxidation of propane in the 'low-temperature' region. The relation of pressure change to reactant consumption and final product formation is not significantly modified in the catalyzed reaction, which can still be followed by pressure measurements. The value of the maximum rate in the presence of chloroform is given fairly closely by the expression (( ρ max .) [CHCL 3 ])/( ρ max .) 0 = 1 + constant x [CHCI 3 ]/[ R H]. The form of this suggests that, in the rate-determining steps, chloroform and paraffin are involved in analogous processes, and the key step is postulated to be R O 2 · + CHCI 3 → R OOH + CCl 3 · which re-inforces the reaction R O 2 · + R H → R OOH + R · in competing with those steps normally leading to degradation of R O 2 · radicals. Since little or no isotopic exchange occurs when CDCl 3 is used in place of CHCl 3 , the radical CCl 3 · does not regenerate chloroform, but initiates chains of the type CCl 3 ·→ ·CCl 2 · + Cl·, Cl· + R H → HCl + R · A slow consumption of chloroform (the oxidation of which is unimportant in the absence of propane) occurs, together with a slow build-up of hydrogen chloride. With certain approximations, a simple chain mechanism reproduces the experimental kinetic formula.


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Buncel ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Robert Y. Moir ◽  
Ikenna Onyido

Transition-metal-bound imidazoles are suitable models for evaluating the roles of metal ions in biomolecules having the imidazole moiety and similar heterocyclic residues as part of their structure. Such studies provide useful insights into metal–biomolecule interactions in biological systems, especially when the lability of the metal–ligand bond is substantially reduced, such that the identity of the metal–ligand complex is preserved during the course of the reaction under investigation. The present paper reports on a kinetic study of tritium exchange from the C(2) position of the imidazole moiety in the substitution-inert complex cations [Co(NH3)5[2-3H]-imidazole]3+ (1) and [Co(NH3)5-1-methyl-[2-3H]-imidazole]3+ (2). Rate–pH profiles have been determined in aqueous solution at 60 °C. Both substrates are believed to react through rate-determining attack of hydroxide ion (kM+ pathway) at C(2)-T. Dissection of the kinetic data reveals an additional pathway for 1 consequent upon deprotonation of its pyrrole-like N-H(T) to yield 3, which is then attacked by hydroxide at C(2) (kM pathway). The ratio kM+/kM = 103 that is obtained is in accord with the expected reduced reactivity of 3. Comparison of the present data with those reported for a variety of heterocyclic substrates shows that the order of reactivity, protonated [Formula: see text] metal ion coordinated [Formula: see text] neutral form of substrates, prevails. The superiority of the proton over metal ions in catalyzing isotopic hydrogen exchange is attributed to its larger ground state acidifying effect coupled with the greater transition state stabilization it affords, relative to metal ions. The exchange reaction of 3 via the kM pathway is the first example of a reactive anionic species in which the negative charge is located α to the exchanging C-H. Keywords: tritium exchange, cobalt (III)-coordinated imidazoles.


1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1823 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Garnett ◽  
MA Long ◽  
KB Peterson

Isotopic hydrogen exchange between simple alkanes and D2O is homogeneously catalysed by sodium chloroiridite at 160�C. Initial isotope orientation favours hydrogen on the primary carbon atoms.High M values for the exchange are typical.


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