Substituent Effects on the Ionization Equilibria of 9-Aryl-9-fluorenols and 10-Aryl-10-hydroxyanthracen-9-ones

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 1635-1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor W. Toone ◽  
Edward Lee-Ruff ◽  
Alan C. Hopkinson
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Steric Hindrance ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Positive Charge ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Hammett Equation ◽  
Aryl Group ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Ionization Equilibria

The title compounds were prepared and their basicities measured. In both systems the major part of the molecule is held planar, while an aryl group is free to rotate. This may interact with the positive charge but steric hindrance to the ortho hydrogens may be expected to oppose planarity. In these systems no evidence was found for a reduction of the normal σ+ value due to failure to achieve planarity. A formula is presented which gives the approximate degree of resemblance (α) of the transition state to the products and, in the case of the ionization of triarylmethanols, α is found to be linear with pKR+. It is suggested that this could resolve the apparent contradiction between the Hammett equation and the Hammond postulate.

scholarly journals Substituent effects in the decarboxylation reactions of coordinated arylcarboxylates in dinuclear copper complexes, [(napy)Cu2(O2CC6H4X)]+

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuyan Jin ◽  
Jiaye Li ◽  
Alireza Ariafard ◽  
Allan J Canty ◽  
Richard AJ O’Hair
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Copper Complexes ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Density Functional Theory Calculations ◽  
Molecular Formula ◽  
Binuclear Complexes ◽  
Aryl Group ◽  
Functional Theory

A combination of gas-phase ion trap mass spectrometry experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to examine the role of substituents on the decarboxylation of 25 different coordinated aromatic carboxylates in binuclear complexes, [(napy)Cu2(O2CC6H4X)]+, where napy is the ligand 1,8-naphthyridine (molecular formula, C8H6N2) and X = H and the ortho ( o), meta ( m) and para ( p) isomers of F, Br, CN, NO2, CF3, OAc, Me and MeO. Two competing unimolecular reaction pathways were found: decarboxylation to give the organometallic cation [(napy)Cu2(C6H4X)]+ or loss of the neutral copper benzoate to yield [(napy)Cu]+. The substituents on the aryl group influence the branching ratios of these product channels, but decarboxylation is always the dominant pathway. Density functional theory calculations reveal that decarboxylation proceeds via two transition states. The first enables a change in the coordination mode of the coordinated benzoate in [(napy)Cu2(O2CC6H4X)]+ from the thermodynamically favoured O, O-bridged form to the O-bound form, which is the reactive conformation for the second transition state which involves extrusion of CO2 with concomitant formation of the CO2 coordinated organometallic cation, [(napy)Cu2(C6H4X)(CO2)]+, which then loses CO2 in the final step to yield [(napy)Cu2(C6H4X)]+. In all cases the barrier is highest for the second transition state. The o-substituted benzoates show a lower activation energy than the m-substituted ones, while the p-substituted ones have the highest energy, which is consistent with the experimentally determined normalised collision energy required to induce fragmentation of [(napy)Cu2(O2CC6H4X)]+.

Substituent Rate Effects in Sigmatropic Homodienyl [1,5]-Hydrogen Migrations

1990 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1357 ◽  
Author(s):  
GG Pegg ◽  
GV Meehan
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Aryl Group ◽  
Rate Enhancement ◽  
Polar Substituent ◽  
Rate Effects ◽  
Electronic Perturbation

The small but systematic polar substituent effect on the rates of [1,5]- homodienyl hydrogen migrations previously observed for the series of alkenylcyclopropane substrates (1) has been further explored through two additional substrate series (4) and (6) bearing the aryl probe at C4 and at the migration origin C1 respectively. However, negligible substituent effects were apparent at these positions. It now seems that the substituent effect originally observed at C5 reflects electronic perturbation by the substituent, rather than an inherent charge separation in the transition state for homodienyl rearrangement. The aryl group at C1 of the series (6) does, however, afford a substantial rate enhancement relative to the parent cis-1-methyl-2-vinylcyclopropane. In addition, exclusive formation of (1E,4Z)-1-arylhexa-1,4-diene rearrangement products is observed. These kinetic and stereochemical observations are interpreted in terms of a stereoelectronically favoured equatorial conformation for the aryl group in the transition state for rearrangement.

Reaction of 4-Chloro-3,5-Dinitrobenzotrifluoride with Aniline Derivatives. Substituent Effects

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (9) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamida O.M. Al-Howsaway ◽  
Magda F. Fathalla ◽  
Ali A. El-Bardan ◽  
Ezzat A. Hamed
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Transition State ◽  
Positive Charge ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Nmr Studies ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Aniline Derivatives ◽  
Elimination Mechanism ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen

N-(2,6-Dinitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)aniline derivatives were prepared by anilino-dechlorination of 4-chloro-3, 5-dinitrobenzotrifluoride. IR, UV and 1H NMR studies suggested an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the amino hydrogen and one o-nitro group. An addition-elimination mechanism was suggested based on the second-order kinetics and the dependence of rates on the nature and the position of the substituent in the aniline ring, as well as the high negative values of ρ(-3.14, −3.16, −3.01). Such values indicate a positive charge on the aniline nitrogen in the transition state and that the rate is affected by the polar effect of the substituent. The β value (0.85 at 30°C) indicates an appreciable degree of bond formation in the transition state.

Electrostatic effects on ionization equilibria: An MNDO study of proton and hydrogen transfer reactions of 4-fluorobutylamine

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Friedl ◽  
Stanislav Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Transfer ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Protonated Forms ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
Bond Strengths ◽  
Ionization Equilibria ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Gas Phase Basicities

The relative enthalpies of proton transfer δ ΔH0and homolytic bond strengths δDH0(B-H+) were calculated by the MNDO method for the sp and ap conformers of 4-flurobutylamine. The data obtained, along with the experimental gas phase basicities, are compared with the values predicted by the electrostatic theory. It is shown that the substituent polar effects FD on the basicities of amines are predominantly due to interactions in their protonated forms (X-B-H+) and/or radical-cations (X-B+.), those in the neutral species (X-B) playing a minor part. A contribution, which is considerably more significant in the sp conformer than in the ap conformer, arises probably also from substituent effects on the homolytic bond strength DH0(B-H+.

Substituent effects on the thermodynamic functions of ionization of metasubstituted anilinium ions

1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 939 ◽  
Author(s):  
PD Bolton ◽  
FM Hall
Keyword(s):  
Linear Function ◽  
Thermodynamic Functions ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Negative Slope ◽  
Hammett Equation ◽  
Reaction Parameter ◽  
Reaction Series ◽  
Acidity Constants ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Relationship Of

Thermodynamic acidity constants of the meta-methoxyanilinium, meta- chloroanilinium, meta-bromoanilinium, and meta-iodoanilinium ions have been measured spectrophotometrically over the temperature range 5-50� and those of the meta-nitroanilinium ion over the temperature range 5-60�. The thermodynamic functions of ionization, ΔG25, ΔH25, ΔS25, and ΔCp,25, have also been calculated for each ion. For a series of seven meta-substituted anilinium ions the acidity constants show close obedience to the Hammett equation over the temperature range 10-50� with the reaction parameter p being a precise linear function of 1/T. The same reaction series also shows a well-defined isoequilibrium relationship of negative slope.

Nucleophilic cleavage of diaryl disulphides

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAR Happer ◽  
JW Mitchell ◽  
GJ Wright
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Sulphur Atom ◽  
Cyanide Ion ◽  
Benzene Rings ◽  
Nucleophilic Cleavage ◽  
Rapid Equilibrium ◽  
Electron Withdrawal

The rates of cleavage of 14 symmetrically substituted diaryl disulphides by cyanide ion have been measured in 60% aqueous t-butyl alcohol at pH 9.2. A plot of log k against σ� shows that while the reaction rate is accelerated by inductive electron withdrawal from the benzene rings, substituents capable of conjugative interaction are not correlated by their σ� parameters. +R substituents cause reaction to occur much faster than predicted on the basis of their σ� values, while -R substituents react more slowly than predicted. Measurement of rates of cleavage of three series of unsymmetrically substituted disulphides by cyanide or hydroxide shows that these unusual substituent effects arise from substituents in the thiocyanate-forming aryl ring. This behaviour is explained in terms of a change in the electronic behaviour of the thio- cyanate-forming sulphur atom from -I, + R in the disulphide to -I,-R in the rate-determining transition state for the reaction. The study does not show whether the cleavage involves an SN2 process or rapid equilibrium formation of a pentacovalent intermediate.

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