Model calculations of secondary .alpha.-deuterium isotope effects in addition reactions to olefinic double bonds

1972 ◽  
Vol 76 (24) ◽  
pp. 3613-3617 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Safarik ◽  
O. P. Strausz
1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1503
Author(s):  
DJ McLennan

Model calculations of primary and secondary deuterium isotope effects for the hydroxide-induced deprotonation of 2-nitropropane are reported. Various transition-state models have been examined in an effort to reproduce experimental results. A purely pyramidal transition state in which proton transfer has run far ahead of carbon rehybridization and charge delocalization is a successful model as far as isotope effects are concerned, but may fail on other counts. Three incipient trigonal models for the transition state have been tested, and, although none can be firmly eliminated by the resultant isotope effects, those involving the proton transfer's running ahead of electron delocalization and perhaps carbon rehybridization are favoured.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 903-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bron

The results of calculations indicate that a previously proposed model for the transition state in "borderline" substitution reactions can be generalized and, as a result, the observed differences in the carbon-13 and deuterium isotope effects of SN1, SN2, and "borderline" reactions rationalized. Although the conclusions may apply more generally, the standard reaction investigated is the solvolysis of benzyl bromide. The importance of resonance interaction with the phenyl ring, the significance of the product- or reactant-like character of the transition state, and the influence of the magnitude of force constants in determining isotope effects are examined. The temperature dependence of kinetic isotope effects in solvolysis is also investigated.


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