Heavy-atom isotope effects on the alkaline hydrolysis of methyl formate: the role of hydroxide ion in ester hydrolysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (14) ◽  
pp. 5953-5956 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Marlier
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Methyl Formate ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Heavy Atom ◽  
Ester Hydrolysis ◽  
Hydroxide Ion ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Kinetic Study of Hydrolysis of Benzoates. Part XXV. Ortho Substituent Effect in Alkaline Hydrolysis of Phenyl Esters of Substituted Benzoic Acids in Water

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilve Nummert ◽  
Mare Piirsalu ◽  
Vahur Mäemets ◽  
Ilmar Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Acid Hydrolysis ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Ethyl Esters ◽  
Benzoic Acids ◽  
Neat Water ◽  
Substituted Benzoic Acids ◽  
Hydrolysis Of Esters ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The second-order rate constants k2 for alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of meta-, para- and ortho-substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2C6H5 (X = H, 3-Cl, 3-NO2, 3-CH3, 4-NO2, 4-Cl, 4-F, 4-CH3, 4-OCH3, 4-NH2, 2-NO2, 2-CN, 2-F, 2-Cl, 2-Br, 2-I, 2-CH3, 2-OCH3, 2-CF3, 2-NH2), and of substituted phenyl esters of benzoic acid, C6H5CO2C6H4-X (X = 2-I, 2-CF3, 2-C(CH3)3, 4-Cl, 4-CH3, 4-OCH3, 4-NH2), have been measured spectrophotometrically in water at 25 °C. The substituent effect in alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl esters of para-substituted benzoic acids, similar to that for ethyl esters of para-substituted benzoic acids, was found to be precisely described by the Hammett relationship (ρ = 1.7 in water). The log k value for alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl and ethyl esters of meta-, para- and ortho-substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2R, was nicely correlated with log km,p,ortho = log ko + (ρ)m,pσ + (ρI)orthoσI + (ρ°R)orthoσ°R + δorthoEsB where σ, σI, σ°R are the Hammett polar, Taft inductive and Taft resonance (σ°R = σ° - σI) substituent constants, respectively. EsB is the steric scale for ortho substituents calculated on the basis of the log k values for the acid hydrolysis of ortho- substituted phenyl benzoates in water owing to the ortho substituent in the phenyl of phenyl benzoates. In water, the main factors responsible for changes in the ortho substituent effect in alkaline hydrolysis of phenyl and ethyl esters of ortho-substituted benzoic acids, X-C6H4CO2R, were found to be the inductive and steric factors while the role of the resonance term was negligible ((ρ°R)ortho ca. 0.3). In alkaline hydrolysis of substituted benzoates in neat water, the ortho inductive effect appeared to be 1.5 times and steric influence 2.7 times higher than the corresponding influences from the ortho position in the phenyl of phenyl benzoates. The contributions of the steric effects in alkaline hydrolysis of esters of ortho-substituted benzoic acids was found to be approximately the same as in acid hydrolysis of esters of ortho-substituted benzoic and acid esterification of ortho-substituted benzoic acids.

A comparison of the mechanisms of hydrolysis of benzimidates, esters, and amides in sulfuric acid media

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1391-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin A Cox
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Ester Hydrolysis ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Acid Media ◽  
Tetrahedral Intermediate ◽  
Amide Hydrolysis ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Reaction Media ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The mechanisms given in textbooks for both ester and amide hydrolysis in acid media are in need of revision. To illustrate this, benzimidates were chosen as model compounds for oxygen protonated benzamides. In aqueous sulfuric acid media they hydrolyze either by a mechanism involving attack of two water molecules at the carbonyl carbon to give a neutral tetrahedral intermediate directly, as in ester hydrolysis, or by an SN2 attack of two water molecules at the alkyl group of the alkoxy oxygen to form the corresponding amide, or by both mechanisms, depending on the structure of the benzimidate. The major line of evidence leading to these conclusions is the behavior of the excess acidity plots resulting from the rate constants obtained for the hydrolyses as functions of acid concentration and temperature. The first of these mechanisms is in fact very similar to one found for the hydrolysis of benzamides, as inferred from: (1) similar excess acidity plot behaviour; and (2) the observed solvent isotope effects for amide hydrolysis, which are fully consistent with the involvement of two water molecules, but not with one or with three (or more). This mechanism starts out as essentially the same one as that found for ester hydrolysis under the same conditions. Differences arise because the neutral tetrahedral intermediate, formed directly as a result of the protonated substrate being attacked by two water molecules (not one), possesses an easily protonated nitrogen in the amide and benzimidate cases, explaining both the lack of 18O exchange observed for amide hydrolysis and the irreversibility of the reaction. Protonated tetrahedral intermediates are too unstable to exist in the reaction media; in fact, protonation of an sp3 hybridized oxygen to put a full positive charge on it is extremely difficult. (This means that individual protonated alcohol or ether species are unlikely to exist in these media either.) Thus, the reaction of the intermediate going to product or exchanged reactant is a general-acid-catalyzed process for esters. For amide hydrolysis, the situation is complicated by the fact that another, different, mechanism takes over in more strongly acidic media, according to the excess acidity plots. Some possibilities for this are given.Key words: esters, amides, benzimidates, hydrolysis, excess acidity, mechanism, acid media.

Phosphato complexes of cobalt(III). IV. Hydrolysis in basic solution

1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1733 ◽  
Author(s):  
SF Lincoln ◽  
DR Stranks
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Base Hydrolysis ◽  
Basic Solution ◽  
Tracer Technique ◽  
Hydroxide Ion ◽  
Solvent Water ◽  
Coordination Spheres ◽  
Solvent Isotope ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Solvent Isotope Effects

The rates of hydrolysis of phosphato complexes of cobalt(111) in sodium hydroxide concentrations ranging from 0.02M to 0.37M, and at several ionic strengths, have been measured with a tracer technique. Bidentate phosphato complexes exhibit the same rates of hydrolysis as the corresponding monodentate complexes, due to a rapid conversion of the bidentate into the monodentate form. The general rate law for base hydrolysis of all the phosphato complexes is: d[PO34]/dt = {kH2O + kOH[OH-]}[complex] At 60� and at unit ionic strength, the rate constants for the complexes cis-[Co(NH3)4OH.PO4]-, cis-[Co en2OH.PO4]-, and [Co(NH3)5PO4] respectively are: 103kH2O (min-l) 85.0, 2.0, <1; and 103kOH (1. mole-1 min-l) 42.7, 12.0, 69.5. Mechanistic conclusions have been based on the measured enthalpies and entropies of activation and deuterium solvent isotope effects. For all complexes, kH2O is identified with an aquation mechanism involving synchronous interchange of the phosphate and solvent water between the first and second coordination spheres of the complexes. In the case of the tetrammine and bis(ethylenediamine) complexes, kOH is identified with a process involving synchronous interchange of phosphate and hydroxide ion between the first and second coordination spheres of the complexes. In the case of the pentammine complex, an SN2CB mechanism is considered to be more probable. A comparison with the base hydrolysis of halogen complexes of cobalt(111) is presented.

Role of solvation and desolvation in polymer ‘catalysis’ II. The influence of high pressures on the alkaline hydrolyses of Co(NH 3 ) 5 Br 2 + catalysed by macro-ions

1980 ◽  
Vol 370 (1743) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Ionic Species ◽  
Electrostatic Stabilization ◽  
Entropy Of Activation ◽  
Stabilization Effect ◽  
Oppositely Charged ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Dehydration Effect

The interionic reaction between Co(NH 3 ) 5 Br 2 + and OH- , i.e. the alkaline hydrolysis reaction, was studied in the presence of sodium polyethylenesulphonate or polybrene (1, 5-dimethyl- 1,5-diazaundecamethylenepolymethobromide) under high pressure. The reactions were retarded by the addition of the polyelectrolytes, as is generally the case for reactions between oppositely charged ionic species. The volume and entropy of activation were positive in the absence of the polyethylenesulphonate and decreased in its presence. These experimental results indicate that the macro-anions dehydrate the solvated divalent reactant, Co(NH3)5Br2+, strongly. From comparison of the observed deceleration effect of sodium polyethylenesulphonate with the Bronsted-Bjerrum-Manning theory, it is suggested for the polyethylenesulphonate-catalysed alkaline hydrolyses that the dehydration effect of the macro-ions is more important than the electrostatic stabilization effect. On the other hand, the deceleration by polybrene is in good agreement with the theory, suggesting that the influence of the polybrene is mainly due to the electrostatic stabilization of the reactants, but not to the dehydration by the polymer. A linear relation is noted between the volume and the entropy of activation for aquations and alkaline hydrolysis of Co(NH 3 ) 5 Br 2 + in the presence of polystyrenesulphonate and polyethylenesulphonate.

Studies on the BAL2 mechanism for ester hydrolysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 1841-1844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy E. Douglas ◽  
Grant Campbell ◽  
Donald C. Wigfield
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Carboxylic Acid ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Ester Hydrolysis ◽  
Mass Spectral Analysis ◽  
Mass Spectral ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The preparation and alkaline hydrolysis of 18O-methyl 2,2-dimethylpropanoate and 18O-methyl triphenylacetate are reported. From mass spectral analysis of the carboxylic acid products, it is concluded that the former substrate is hydrolyzed exclusively by the BAC2 mechanism, whereas the latter substrate proceeds 95% by the BAC2 mechanism and 5% by the BAL2 mechanism. The balance between these two mechanisms is discussed.

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