Model calculations of kinetic isotope effects for the solvolysis of neopentyl arenesulfonates

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 1808-1813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Yamataka ◽  
Takashi Ando
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.


1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1521
Author(s):  
DJ McLennan

The abnormally large primary hydrogen and carbon kinetic isotope effects found in the deprotonation of 2-nitropropane by hindered pyridine bases are investigated by means of model calculations. Transition-state models have been varied between tight and loose extremes, and between carbanion-like and nitronate-like structures. The only models that reproduce the experimental findings are those in which the sum of the bond orders to the transferring proton is less than unity (loose transition states) and which are subject to tunnelling corrections.


2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (51) ◽  
pp. 10678-10686
Author(s):  
Yuqing Xu ◽  
Kin-Yiu Wong ◽  
Meishan Wang ◽  
Desheng Liu ◽  
Wenkai Zhao ◽  
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