Hydrogen exchange and isomerization in ortho substituted benzamides. On the question of free rotation in an N-protonated amide

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (22) ◽  
pp. 2896-2901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. McClelland ◽  
William F. Reynolds

Rate constants have been obtained for the acid-catalyzed N–H exchange of N-methyl, 2,N-dimethyl, and 2,4,6,N-tetramethylbenzamide and the acid-catalyzed isomerization of the three corresponding N,N-dimethylbenzamides. The ratio [Formula: see text] increases significantly with increased number of ortho methyl substituents. This is explained in terms of a suggestion of Perrin, that C—N bond rotation is not completely free in the N-protonated amide, since it must compete with a diffusion limited deprotonation reaction. The isomerization reaction, which requires such a rotation, is therefore slowed by ortho methyl substituents which hinder rotation, relative to the exchange reaction, which does not require rotation.

Synlett ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin List ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Pinglu Zhang

We have recently reported the strong and confined, chiral acid-catalyzed asymmetric “silicon−hydrogen exchange reaction”. One aspect of this transformation is that it enables access to enantiopure enol silanes in a tautomerizing σ-bond metathesis, via deprotosilylation of ketones with allyl silanes as the silicon source. However, until today, this reaction has not been applied to racemic, 2-substituted, cyclic ketones. We show here that these important substrates readily undergo a highly enantioselective kinetic resolution furnishing the corresponding kinetically preferred enol silanes. Mechanistic studies suggest the fascinating possibility of advancing the process to a dynamic kinetic resolution.


1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 2212-2216
Author(s):  
Oldřich Pytela ◽  
Martin Kaska ◽  
Miroslav Ludwig ◽  
Miroslav Večeřa

The decomposition kinetics has been measured of fourteen 3-acetyl-1,3-bis(subst. phenyl)triazenes in 40% (v/v) ethanol and sulphuric acid. The kinetic acidity function and catalytic rate constants have been determined from the rate constants observed. Mechanism has been suggested for the general acid-catalyzed solvolysis from comparison of the course of the kinetic acidity function and H0 function and from the reaction constant of the Hammett equation.


1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Adams ◽  
M C Berman

Abstract We describe a simple, highly reproducible kinetic technique for precisely measuring temperature in spectrophotometric systems having reaction cells that are inaccessible to conventional temperature probes. The method is based on the temperature dependence of pseudo-first-order rate constants for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of N-o-tolyl-D-glucosylamine. Temperatures of reaction cuvette contents are measured with a precision of +/- 0.05 degrees C (1 SD).


1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 1774-1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin A. Cox

In aqueous sulfuric acid, aliphatic N-nitro amines decompose to N2O and alcohols. An excess acidity analysis of the observed rate constants for the reaction shows that free carbocations are not formed. The reaction is an acid-catalyzed SN2 displacement from the protonated aci-nitro tautomer, the nucleophile being a water molecule at acidities below 82–85% H2SO4, and a bisulfate ion at higher acidities. Bisulfate is the poorer nucleophile by a factor of about 1000. Twelve compounds were studied, of which results obtained for nine at several different temperatures enabled calculation of activation parameters for both nucleophiles. The reaction appears to be mainly enthalpy controlled. The intercept standard-state rate constants are well correlated by the σ* values for the alkyl groups; the slopes are negative, with a more negative value for the slower bisulfate reaction. Interestingly the m≠m* slopes also correlate with σ*, although the scatter is bad. Key words: N-nitro amines, excess acidity, bisulfate, nucleophiles, acid-catalyzed, kinetics.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Uhl ◽  
Peter Mayer ◽  
Henry Dube

Light driven molecular motors possess immense potential as central driving units for future nanotechnology. Integration into larger molecular setups and transduction of their mechanical motions represents the current frontier of research. Here we report on an integrated molecular machine setup allowing to transmit potential energy from a motor unit unto a remote receiving entity. The setup consists of a motor unit connected covalently to a distant and sterically strongly encumbered biaryl receiver. By action of the motor unit single bond rotation of the receiver is strongly accelerated and forced to proceed unidirectionally. The transmitted potential energy is directly measured as the extent to which energy degeneration is lifted in the thermal atropisomerization of this biaryl. Energy degeneracy is reduced by as much as 2.3 kcal/mol and rate accelerations up to 2x10<sup>5</sup> fold in terms of rate constants are achieved.<br><b></b>


2000 ◽  
Vol 323 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 586-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Okada ◽  
Kousuke Moritani ◽  
Mamiko Nakamura ◽  
Toshio Kasai ◽  
Yoshitada Murata

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