Nucleophilic addition and displacement in the reaction of 2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide ion with 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene. An oxygen-bonded aryloxide σ-complex

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (16) ◽  
pp. 2470-2474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Buncel ◽  
Robert Y. Moir ◽  
Albert R. Norris ◽  
Alain-Pierre Chatrousse

Reaction of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene with potassium 2,4,6-trimethylphenoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide solution leads to σ-complex formation concurrently with displacement of a nitro group. The results provide definitive evidence for σ-complex formation via the oxygen of aryloxide ion in this system, and contrast with the situation that obtains with phenoxide ion itself, which under corresponding conditions yields the carbon-bonded σ-complex as the product of thermodynamic control. Stereoelectronic factors in σ -complex formation and in the diaryl ether resulting from nitro displacement are also discussed.

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (24) ◽  
pp. 3761-3767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Buncel ◽  
Andrzej Jończyk ◽  
John G. K. Webb

1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene reacts with potassium phenoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide solution to yield a σ-complex in which bonding has occurred between the para carbon of the phenoxy moiety and an unsubstituted carbon of the nitroaromatic substrate. A minor proportion of ortho adduct is also obtained. When the reaction is performed in DMSO–MeOH (80:20, v/v) one obtains initially the methoxide adduct of TNB which is then smoothly transformed into the phenoxide adduct. The latter is stable to dilute mineral acid, unlike the former; formation of a σ-complex involving bonding between the phenoxy oxygen and a carbon of TNB is thereby excluded. The reaction represents the first instance of phenoxide ion acting as an ambident nucleophile towards aromatic carbon. The implication of this finding on the course of related SNAr reactions is discussed on the basis of kinetic and thermodynamic control of product formation.


Biochemistry ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaori Wakamatsu ◽  
Se Young Choung ◽  
Tetsuyuki Kobayashi ◽  
Keizo Inoue ◽  
Tsutomu Higashijima ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 440-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Alexandr Čegan ◽  
Miloš Sedlák ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba

The intramolecular nucleophilic addition of N-methyl-N-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)glycine anion in methanol-dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures produces spiro[(3-methyl-5-oxazolidinone)-2,1'-(2',4',6'-trinitrobenzenide)]. The spiro adduct has been identified by means of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. This is the first case when the formation of a Meisenheimer adduct with carboxylate ion is observed. Logarithm of the equilibrium constant of adduct formation increases linearly with the mole fraction of dimethyl sulfoxide in its mixture with methanol.


2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (7) ◽  
pp. 682-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Szpakiewicz ◽  
Maria Grzegożek

3-, 5-, 6-, 7- and 8-Nitroquinolines react with 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole in basic medium (potassium tert-butoxide-dimethyl sulfoxide) giving amino products of the vicarious nucleophilic substitution (VNS) of hydrogen, predominantly at ortho position to the nitro group, except 8-nitroquinoline, which reacts at para position. Additionally, furazano[3,4-f]- and furazano[3,4-h]quinoline were obtained in the case of 5- and 8- nitroquinoline, respectively. 2-Nitroquinoline was aminated to 2-quinolino(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)amine in these conditions.Key words: nitroquinolines, vicarious nucleophilic substitution (VNS), 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole.


1973 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 880-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuta NAKAGAWA ◽  
Zenichiro TAKEHARA ◽  
Shiro YOSHIZAWA

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