Intramolecular catalysis of organic reactions. III. Hydrolysis of 5-Nitro-2-(trifluoroacetylamino)benzoic acid

1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1885
Author(s):  
TJ Broxton

The hydrolysis of 5-nitro-2-(trifluoroacetylamino)benzoic acid (2) has been studied over the pH range 0-12. In acidic solution (pH 0-3.5), the hydrolysis occurs with intramolecular general acid catalysis by the adjacent CO2H group. Between pH 3.5 and 8, a plateau is observed in the pH-rate profile, and this is interpreted as acid catalysis by a water molecule of the breakdown of the tetrahedral intermediate formed between (2) and another water molecule. In alkaline solution (pH > 8), hydrolysis occurs with general acid-catalysed C-N bond breaking. Catalysis by phosphate and borate buffers was observed in the pH range 6-10. Phthalate buffers did not catalyse the reaction. For phosphate and borate buffers, plots of buffer concentration against rate showed a saturation phenomenon which was interpreted as indicating a change from rate-limiting decomposition of the tetrahedral intermediate to rate-limiting formation of the tetrahedral intermediate as the buffer concentration was increased. The pKa of the acid group was found to be about 2.5 as expected, but the pKa of the NH group is 10.4, higher than expected. The reduced acidity of the NH group is attributed to electrostatic effects of the adjacent ionized carboxy group. Unlike for aspirin, intramolecular catalysis by the ionized carboxy group was not observed, a result, perhaps, of intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the carboxylate ion and the adjacent NH group. Such an interaction would be geometrically unfavourable for either intramolecular general base or nucleophilic participation by the carboxylate ion.

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 977
Author(s):  
TJ Broxton

The hydrolysis of 4-nitro-2-(trifluoroacetylamino)benzoic acid was studied over the pH range 0-13. In strongly acidic solution (pH 0-3), intramolecular general acid catalysis was observed. In alkaline solution, rate determining protonation of the nitrogen atom of the intermediate complex formed by attack of hydroxide ion on the substrate, was observed. The alkaline hydrolysis was subject to significant micellar catalysis and this was accompanied by a change of mechanism to solvent assisted C-N bond breaking. At intermediate pH (4-8), the reaction was subject to significant buffer catalysis, and deprotonation of the intermediate formed by the attack of water on the substrate was proposed.


1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 3154-3163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Klicnar ◽  
Jaromír Mindl ◽  
Ivana Obořilová ◽  
Jaroslav Petříček ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

The reaction of 1,2-diaminobenzene with 2,3-butanedione is subject to general acid catalysis in acetate and phosphate buffers (pH 4-7). The rate-limiting step of formation of 2,3-dimethylquinoxaline consists in the protonation of dipolar tetrahedral intermediate. In the case of the reaction of 1,2-diaminobenzene with ethyl 2-oxopropanoate, the dehydration of carbinolamine gradually becomes rate-limiting with increasing pH in acetate buffers, whereas in phosphate buffers a new reaction pathway makes itself felt, viz. the formation of amide catalyzed by the basic buffer component and by hydroxide ion.


1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1101-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Osborn ◽  
T. C-W. Mak ◽  
E. Whalley

The effect of pressures up to 3 kbar on the rate of the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetamide and benzamide in both dilute and concentrated perchloric acid has been measured. The volumes of activation in dilute acid are consistent with a transition state that is not highly polar. It follows from this that if the attacking water molecule adds to the amidium ion then the reactive amidium ion is the O-protonated form, and if the attacking water molecule substitutes then the reactive amidium ion is the N-protonated form.The volume of activation for acetamide in concentrated acid provides no additional information about the mechanism. That for benzamide in concentrated acid is tentatively interpreted as favoring the O-protonated benzamidium ion as the reactive ion.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 3081-3090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry G. Kuivila ◽  
Joseph F. Reuwer Jr. ◽  
John A. Mangravite

An investigation of the kinetics of the protodeboronation of benzeneboronic acid in water in the pH range 2.0 to 6.7 is described. In addition to the acid-catalyzed reaction studied earlier a reaction whose rate is independent of pH and one whose rate increases linearly with hydroxide ion concentration have been observed. The effect of malonate buffer concentration at low pH confirms the earlier observations of general acid catalysis. Changes in buffer concentration at pH 6.70 have no effect on rate indicating specific hydroxide ion catalysis. Effect of substituents in the ortho, meta, and para position of the benzene ring on the rate of protodeboronation have been examined. Ortho–para ratios for this reaction are high; possible reasons for this are discussed. The Hammett equation using σ correlates the rates for meta and para substituents.


1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Josef Panchartek ◽  
Tomáš Potěšil ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

Kinetics have been studied of hydrolysis and methanolysis of ethyl 3-ethoxy-3-iminopropanoate. The methanolysis rate constant is lower than the hydrolysis rate constant by about 3 orders of magnitude. The rate-limiting step of the hydrolysis consists in the nucleophilic attack of the protonated substrate by a water molecule, whereas that of the methanolysis consists in the decomposition of tetrahedral intermediate which is several orders of magnitude slower than the decomposition of the intermediate formed in the hydrolysis.


1974 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 751-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Sinnott ◽  
Stephen G. Withers

1. β-d-Galactopyranosyl pyridinium salts are well-behaved substrates for the β-galactosidase of Escherichia coli, catalysis occurring by the interaction of the salt itself with the normal active site of the protein. 2. logkcat. values for seven such salts show a linear relationship (correlation coefficient=−0.997) with the pKa of the parent pyridine. 3. The β-d-galactopyranosyl derivatives of pyridine and 4-bromoisoquinoline exhibit α-deuterium kinetic isotope effects of 1.136±0.040 and 1.187±0.046 on their enzymic hydrolysis, indicating formation of a galactopyranosyl cation in the rate-limiting step. 4. This behaviour of the pyridinium salts contrasts with the behaviour of aryl galactosides and this contrast can be accommodated by the β-galactosidase mechanism of Sinnott & Souchard (1973). 5. The α-deuterium kinetic isotope effect for the hydrolysis of β-d-galactopyranosyl azide is 1.098±0.033; comparison of the kcat. value of the azide with that of a pyridinium salt of the same aglycone pKa enables a maximum factor of 70 to be ascribed to the acceleration of the departure of azide by intracomplex general acid catalysis. 6. The possibility of the rate-limiting process in the glycosidase-catalysed hydrolysis of aryl glycosides being a conformation change is considered for a number of glycosidases where correlations of kcat. with aglycone acidity, reported in the literature, have been unsuccessful.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Sheng Wang ◽  
Sabrina Monaco ◽  
Anh Ngoc Thai ◽  
Md. Shafiqur Rahman ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
...  

A catalytic system comprised of a cobalt-diphosphine complex and a Lewis acid (LA) such as AlMe3 has been found to promote hydrocarbofunctionalization reactions of alkynes with Lewis basic and electron-deficient substrates such as formamides, pyridones, pyridines, and azole derivatives through site-selective C-H activation. Compared with known Ni/LA catalytic system for analogous transformations, the present catalytic system not only feature convenient set up using inexpensive and bench-stable precatalyst and ligand such as Co(acac)3 and 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp), but also display distinct site-selectivity toward C-H activation of pyridone and pyridine derivatives. In particular, a completely C4-selective alkenylation of pyridine has been achieved for the first time. Mechanistic stidies including DFT calculations on the Co/Al-catalyzed addition of formamide to alkyne have suggested that the reaction involves cleavage of the carbamoyl C-H bond as the rate-limiting step, which proceeds through a ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer (LLHT) mechanism leading to an alkyl(carbamoyl)cobalt intermediate.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

The kinetics of oxidation of methyl orange by vanadium(V) {V(V)} has been investigated in the pH range 2.3-3.79. In this pH range V(V) exists both in the form of decavanadates and VO2+. The kinetic results are distinctly different from the results obtained for the same reaction in highly acidic solution (pH < 1) where V(V) exists only in the form of VO2+. The reaction obeys first order kinetics with respect to methyl orange but the rate has very little dependence on total vanadium concentration. The reaction is accelerated by H+ ion but the dependence of rate on [H+] is less than that corresponding to first order dependence. The equilibrium between decavanadates and VO2+ explains the different kinetic pattern observed in this pH range. The reaction is markedly accelerated by Triton X-100 micelles. The rate-[surfactant] profile shows a limiting behavior indicative of a unimolecular pathway in the micellar pseudophase.


1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1701-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Miloš Sedlák ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

The cyclization kinetics of N-(2-methylcarbonylphenyl)-N’-methylsulfonamide (IIb) into 3-methyl-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (Ib) has been studied in ethanolamine, morpholine, and butylamine buffers and in potassium hydroxide solution. The cyclization is subject to general base and general acid catalysis. The value of the Bronsted coefficient β is about 0.1, which indicates that splitting off of the proton from negatively charged tetrahedral intermediate represents the rate-limiting and thermodynamically favourable step. In the solutions of potassium hydroxide the cyclization of dianion of the starting ester IIb probably becomes the rate-limiting step.


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