Solvolysis of 9-(ortho-substituted benzyl)fluorene-9-trimethylammonium ions. The effect of steric crowding

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotsna Pradhan ◽  
Peter James Smith
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Steric Crowding ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium

The solvolytic reaction of several 9-(ortho-substituted benzyl)fluorene-9-trimethylammonium salts in ethanol at 57.3 °C has been found to give both the substitution and elimination products. The observed rate constant for alkene formation increases when both ortho positions have substituents, kobs(s−1) = 2.35 × 10−5 and 268 × 10−5 for 2-Me and 2,6-diMe compounds, respectively. As well, the magnitude of the observed hydrogen–deuterium isotope effect is dependent on ring substituents, kobsH/kobsD = 1.22 and 2.35 for 2-Me and 2,6-diMe substrates, respectively. The results are discussed in the light of steric acceleration favouring loss of the poor leaving group, which leads to only the second example of a trimethylammonium salt reacting via the E1 mechanism.

The effect of steric crowding on an E2 transition state

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 2339-2341 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Stanley Dyson ◽  
Peter James Smith
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Bond Rupture ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Steric Crowding ◽  
Reaction Proceeds ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium ◽  
Nitrogen Bond ◽  
Mechanism Of The Reaction

The mechanism of the reaction of 9-(4-substituted benzyl)fluorene-9-trimethylammonium ions with ethoxide is a normal E2 process. The magnitude of the primary hydrogen–deuterium isotope effect at 60 °C increased with increasing electron-donating ability of the 4-substituent, i.e., 4.15, 5.10, 5.34, 5.65, 5.75, and 5.91 for the 4-CF3, 4-Br, 4-Cl, 4-H, 4-CH3, and 4-OCH3 substituents, respectively. The magnitude of the nitrogen isotope effect at 70 °C decreased with increased electron-donating power of the 4-substituent, i.e., [(k14/k15)–1]100 = 1.24, 0.95, 0.92, 0.91, and 0.80 for the 4-CF3, 4-F, 4-H, 4-CH3, and 4-OCH3 substituents, respectively. A small Hammett ρ value of +1.33 was observed for the reaction. It is concluded that the reaction proceeds via a transition state where the proton is more than one-half transferred to base. It is further concluded that for a reaction in which the 4-substituents decrease the rate, both carbon–hydrogen and carbon–nitrogen bond rupture is more advanced in the transition state. This variance with Hammond's postulate is discussed in the light of steric crowding at the transition state.

The effect of the leaving group on the nature of the E2 transition state for reaction of 2-aryl-1-phenylethylammonium ions with ethoxide in ethanol

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (20) ◽  
pp. 3016-3018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shune-Long Wu ◽  
Peter James Smith
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Significant Dependence ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Rate Of Reaction ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium ◽  
Leaving Groups

The reaction of 2-aryl-1-phenylethylammonium salts with ethoxide in ethanol at 40 °C for five different amine leaving groups has been investigated. A significant dependence of the rate of reaction on the basicity of the leaving group was found. The variation of the primary hydrogen–deuterium isotope effect and pKa of the leaving group was not linear and it is concluded that the proton is less than one-half transferred to base at the transition state for reactions involving the best two leaving groups. In support of this conclusion is the observed opposite variation of kH/kD with ring substituents for the various leaving groups, i.e., for N-methylpyrrolidine, kH/kD = 4.58, 4.72, and 5.01 for p-Me, H, and p-Cl, respectively; for N-methylmorpholine, kH/kD = 6.13, 5.73, and 5.50 for p-Me, H, and p-Cl, respectively.

2,4-Diazapentadienes. II. A Carbanion Cyclization

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 678-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Hunter ◽  
S. K. Sim
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Solvent Effects ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Potassium Methoxide ◽  
Proton Shift ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium

The mechanism of the cyclization and 1,3-proton shift of 1,3,5-triaryl-2,4-diaza-1,3-pentadienes (1) catalyzed by phenyllithium and by potassium methoxide–methanol has been studied. On the basis of substituent effects, hydrogen–deuterium exchange, isotope effects, and solvent effects, it was deduced that both the cyclization and prototropy involve a common W-shaped carbanion which rapidly cyclizes. A kinetic deuterium isotope effect of 2 was calculated for protonation of this intermediate carbanion in methanol.

Correlation of isotope effects in substitution reactions with nucleophilicities. Secondary α-deuterium isotope effect in the iodide-131 exchange of methyl-d3 iodide

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (18) ◽  
pp. 2023-2031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Seltzer ◽  
Andreas A. Zavitsas
Keyword(s):  
Nucleophilic Substitution ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Substitution Reactions ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
The Difference

The secondary α-deuterium isotope effect in iodide-131 exchange of methyl-d3 iodide is kH/kD = 1.05 ± 0.01 in methanol and 1.10 ± 0.04 in water at 20°. A correlation of secondary α-deuterium and 13C effects, in bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reactions, with the difference of E values between nucleophile and leaving group is presented.

Isotope Effect Studies on Elimination Reactions. IX. The Nature of the Transition State for the E2 Reaction of 2-Arylethylammonium Ions with Ethoxide in Ethanol

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Smith ◽  
A. N. Bourns
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
Ammonium Ions ◽  
Nitrogen Effect ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium

Kinetic isotope effects have been determined for the E2 reaction of some 2-arylethyltrimethyl-ammonium ions with ethoxide in ethanol at 40°. The nitrogen effect, (k14/k15 − 1)100, decreased with increasing electron-withdrawing ability of the para substituent; i.e. 1.37, 1.33, 1.14, and 0.88 for p-OCH3, p-H, p-Cl, and p-CF3, respectively. Furthermore, the primary hydrogen–deuterium isotope effects increased for the same substituents, respectively; i.e. kH/kD = 2.64, 3.23, 3.48, and 4.16. A large positive ρ value of 3.66 was found as well as a small secondary α-deuterium effect of 1.02 for p-H. In addition, the nitrogen isotope effect decreased with increasing strength of the abstracting base for the reaction of ethyltrimethylammonium ion; i.e. 1.86 and 1.41 at 60° for reaction with EtO−–EtOH and t-BuO−–t-BuOH, respectively. The results are discussed in terms of recent theoretical treatments of the effect of base, substituents, and nature of the leaving group on the nature of the transition state for an E2 process. The conclusion is reached that any structural change which causes one bond (C—H) to be weakened more at the transition state will have a corresponding effect on the other bond [Formula: see text]

ABSOLUTE RATE CONSTANTS FOR HYDROCARBON AUTOXIDATION: III. α-METHYLSTYRENE, β-METHYLSTYRENE, AND INDENE

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1113-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Propagation Rate ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Order Process ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
First Order ◽  
Process Rate Constant ◽  
Propagation Rate Constant

Absolute rate constants for the copolymerization of α-methylstyrene and oxygen have been measured from 13 to 50 °C. The propagation and termination rate constants can be represented by[Formula: see text]Experiments with 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol at 65 °C have shown that C6H5C(CH3):CH2 and C6H5C(CD3):CD2 have the same propagation rate constant but that chain termination involves a deuterium isotope effect (kt)H/(kt)D ≈ 1.5.Absolute rate constants for the copolymerization of oxygen with β-methylstyrene and with indene at 30 °C showed that a significant fraction of the oxidation chains were terminated by a kinetically first order process (rate constant kx). The rate constants for β-methylstyrene and indene at 30 °C are kp = 51 and 142 l mole−1 s−1, kt = 1.6 × 107 and 2.5 × 107 l mole−1 s−1, and kx = 0.61 and 1.2 s−1, respectively. The propagation rate constant for indene can be separated into a rate constant for the copolymerization with oxygen (kadd = 128 l mole−1 s−1) and a rate constant for hydrogen atom abstraction (kabstr = 14 l mole−1 s−1). In the presence of heavy water the first order process for indene had a deuterium isotope effect (kx)/(kx)D2O ≈ 3.

The Preparation and Acetolyses of 5-Deuteriated exo-2-Norbornyl-p-bromobenzenesulfonates

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 618-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Werstiuk ◽  
R. R. MacDonald ◽  
R. W. Ouwehand ◽  
W. L. Chan ◽  
F. P. Cappelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effects

The deuterionorborneols 2a, b, c, and e have been prepared and converted to the brosylates 1a, b, c, and e. The deuterium isotope effects determined spectrophotometrically for solvolysis in HOAc–KOAc are 1.00 ± 0.01, 1.01 ± 0.01, 0.99 ± 0.01, and 1.11 ± 0.01, respectively. These data establish that: (a) a steric deuterium isotope effect does not operate at C-5 and therefore probably not at C-6; (b) hyperconjugative stabilization of the norbornonium ion to the C-5 hydrogens is confirmed to be not important, and (c) provides the first experimental evidence that the hydrogen (deuterium) shift – internal return pathway contribution to the γ-deuterium isotope effects observed for 1d and e is minor.

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