Substituent effects of rate constants for thermal [4π + 2π] cycloreversion of spiro-fused β-lactam oxadiazolines

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Zoghbi ◽  
John Warkentin

Twelve Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines in which C-2 is also C-4 of a β-lactam moiety (spiro-fused β-lactam oxadiazoline system) were thermolyzed as solutions in benzene. Substituents in the β-lactam portion affect the rate constant for thermal decomposition of the oxadiazolines to N2, acetone, and a β-lactam-4-ylidene. The total spread of first-order rate constants at 100 °C was 47-fold and the average value was 6.7 × 10−4 s−1. A phenyl substituent at N-1 or at C-3 was found to be rate enhancing, relative to methyl. At C-3, H and Cl were also rate enhancing, relative to methyl. The data are interpreted in terms of the differential effects of substituents on the stabilities of the ground states, and on the stabilities of corresponding transition states for concerted, suprafacial, [4π + 2π] cycloreversion. The first products, presumably formed irreversibly, are N2 and a carbonyl ylide. The latter subsequently fragments to form acetone (quantitative) and a β-lactam-4-ylidene.

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Békhazi ◽  
John Warkentin

Thermolysis of a 2-methoxy-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline involves loss of N2 with formation of a carbonyl ylide. The fate of the carbonyl ylide depends on its environment and on the other substituents present. Thus, the ylides from 2-methoxy-2,5,5-trimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline (1) and from 2-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline (2) are trapped very efficiently by methanol. However, the ylide from 1 is trapped much less efficiently than that from 2 by dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, or norbornadiene. A major competitive process in the case of 1 is fragmentation of the ylide to carbonyl compounds and carbenes, the latter being trapped by alkenes to form cyclopropanes. An intramolecular 1,4-H transfer is also competitive under some conditions. The ylide from 2 does not appear to fragment, nor does it undergo the 1,4-H transfer, but it cyclizes efficiently to the oxirane in the absence of trapping agents.Preliminary estimates of rate constants for cyclization of the ylide from 2 to form the oxirane [Formula: see text] and for its additions to norbornadiene and to dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate (1 × 105 M−1 s−1 and 1 × 109 M−1 s−1, respectively) are reported. If it is assumed that the ylide from 1 would add to dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate with a similar rate constant, then the yield for that process can be used to place a lower limit of 1010 s−1 on the rate constant for fragmentation of that ylide at 31 °C.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 1826-1831 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Evans ◽  
A. H. Sehon

The thermal decomposition of peracetic acid in toluene, benzene, and p-xylene was studied over the temperature range 75–95°C. The main products of decomposition were found to be CH4, CO2, CH3COOH; small amounts of methanol, phenols, and polymeric compounds were also detected.The rate of the overall decomposition was first order with respect to peracetic acid, and the results could be explained by postulating the participation of the two simultaneous reactions:[Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]The rate constant of reaction (1) was independent of the solvent, whereas k2 was dependent on the solvent. The ratio k2/k1 was about 10.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Békhazi ◽  
Peter J. Smith ◽  
John Warkentin

2-Aryl-2-methoxy-5,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (4) and 5-aryl-2-methoxy-2,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (5) were synthesized. Compounds 4 decompose in solution with first order kinetics. Rate constants are correlated with Hammett substituent constants (σ−) with ρ(49.2 °C) = 0.74 and 0.89 for CCl4, and CD3OD, respectively. The final products from 4 indicate that thermolysis involves the cleavage of both C—N bonds, to form N2 and, initially, a carbonyl ylide. Compounds 5, which were obtained as mixtures of cis/trans isomers containing several impurities, and which therefore gave poorer kinetic data, decomposed in CDCl3 solution with [Formula: see text] Carbonyl ylide intermediates, similar to those from the closelyrelated compounds 4, were assumed on the basis of analogy and on the basis of partial identification of products. The effects of para substituents in the aryl groups of 4 and 5 show that the transition states have greater electron density at C-2 of 4 and at C-5 of 5 than do the starting materials. In spite of the increase in electron density at C-2 of 4, the transition state must be less polar, overall, than the ground state because rate constants for thermolysis of 4 in methanol are smaller than those for CCl4, solvent. A plausible explanation for the substituent effects and the solvent effects is that the loss of N2 is concerted, with a transition state resembling more closely a spin paired 1,3-diradical than a 1,3-dipole. Alternative stepwise mechanisms, in which C2—N3 bond scission of 4 and C5—N4 bond scission of 5 are the rate-determining steps, leading to 1,5-diradical intermediates, can not be excluded on the basis of the evidence.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 2945-2948 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-R. Cao ◽  
R. A. Back

The thermal decomposition of cyclobutane-1,2-dione has been studied in the gas phase at temperatures from 120 to 250 °C and pressures from 0.2 to 1.5 Torr. Products were C2H4 + 2CO, apparently formed in a simple unimolecular process. The first-order rate constant was strongly pressure dependent, and values of k∞ were obtained by extrapolation of plots of 1/k vs. 1/p to1/p = 0. Experiments in a packed reaction vessel showed that the reaction was enhanced by surface at the lower temperatures. Arrhenius parameters for k∞, corrected for surface reaction, were log A (s−1) = 15.07(±0.3) and E = 39.3(±2) kcal/mol. This activation energy seems too low for a biradical mechanism, and it is suggested that the decomposition is probably a concerted process. The vapor pressure of solid cyclobutane-1,2-dione was measured at temperatures from 22 to 62 °C and a heat of sublimation of 13.1 kcal/mol was estimated.


2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 1970-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Y. Kuo ◽  
C. Y. Pai ◽  
C. H. Wu ◽  
M. Y. Jian

This study applies photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like systems to decolorize C.I. Reactive Red 2 (RR2). The oxidants were H2O2 and Na2S2O8; Fe2+, Fe3+, and Co2+ were used to activate these two oxidants. The effects of oxidant concentration (0.3–2 mmol/L) and temperature (25–55 °C) on decolorization efficiency of the photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like systems were determined. The decolorization rate constants (k) of RR2 in the tested systems are consistent with pseudo-first-order kinetics. The rate constant increased as oxidant concentration and temperature increased. Activation energies of RR2 decolorization in the UV/H2O2/Fe2+, UV/H2O2/Fe3+, UV/Na2S2O8/Fe2+ and UV/Na2S2O8/Fe3+ systems were 32.20, 39.54, 35.54, and 51.75 kJ/mol, respectively.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1937-1941 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Christian Vogel

The derivation of the observed first-order rate constants from the "exact" integrated rate equations for the kinetic scheme of reaction 1 is presented. It is shown that the solvolytic exponential first-order rate constant is a special case of the polarimetric rate constant and that the optical activity of the product is determined by a multiplicative ratio of rate constants for the optically important reactions of the ion pair intermediate. A form of the integrated first-order polarimetric rate equation with a linearly independent parameter set is presented. The functions for the first-order rate constants derived using the steady state approximation are special cases of the functions derived from the exact equations, as are the functions for the first-order rate constants for two systems which involve pre-equilibria followed by a slow product forming step. These functions cannot all be derived one from the other. A differential analysis of observed isotope effects as functions of isotope effects on the rate constants for reactions involving the intermediates is presented.


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 985-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Hiatt

The thermal decomposition of tert-butyl trimethylsilyl peroxide has been investigated and found to be sensitive to acid and base catalysis and to the nature of the solvent. In heptane and iso-octane the first-order rate constant could be expressed as 1.09 × 1015e−41200/RT and in 1-octene as 3.90 × 1015e−41200/RT (sec−1). The half life at 203 °C was about 1 hour. The reaction was faster in aromatic solvents; in chlorobenzene it was complicated by formation of HCl from the solvent.Products of the reaction were acetone, tert-butyl alcohol and hexamethyldisiloxane.


1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 973 ◽  
Author(s):  
JTD Cross ◽  
VR Stimson

Mechanisms already proposed or formally possible for the decomposition of n-propyl bromide as a 312-order reaction are shown to be unsatisfactory, and the reaction has been reinvestigated. Two reactions occur simultaneously: (a) a first-order reaction identifiable with the maximally inhibited reaction and presumably molecular; (b) a reaction second order in the initial concentration and somewhat autocatalysed as the reaction proceeds. The rate constant is given by k2 == 1018.1exp(-49300/RT)sec-1ml mole-1 Reaction (b) is catalysed by hydrogen bromide and inhibited by propene, and a bromine atom chain mechanism with hydrogen bromide catalysed initiation is proposed. Bromine-catalysed decomposition has also been studied. The mechanism of the inhibition is discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (10) ◽  
pp. 1064-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Hao ◽  
Xinxiang Pan ◽  
Liguo Song ◽  
Yang Ding ◽  
Wenwen Xia ◽  
...  

The study mainly focuses on the anharmonic effect of the reactions of CH3SCH2OO system. The geometries of the reactants and the transition states are optimized with Gaussian 09. The barrier heights are calculated with the energy of the reactants and the transition states. The RRKM theory is utilized to calculate the anharmonic and harmonic rate constants of the reactions. The anharmonic effect of these reactions can be clearly demonstrated by our results. Generally speaking, in the study, for most reactions, the rate constants increase with the temperature in the canonical case and the total energy in the microcanonical case, and the anharmonic effect of these reactions is significant and should not be neglected in high-temperature combustion. In CH3SCH2OO system, CH3SCH2OO → CH2SCH2OOH → CH2S + CH2O + OH is the main reaction channel. After a series of calculations, the anharmonic effect is remarkable, especially in high-temperature combustion. By analyzing other meaningful reactions that followed that channel above, the anharmonic effect of these reactions is generally obvious enough, especially for those reactions whose barrier heights are relatively low.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 2673-2678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. McClelland ◽  
Claude Moreau

Hydrolysis kinetics are reported for four spiro ortho esters: 3,4-dihydro-6-methoxy-1H-2-benzopyran-1-spiro-2′-1′,3′-dioxolane (13), its 1′,3′-dioxane analog (14), and the 6-unsubstituted versions of each (11 and 12). For comparison, also included are the diethoxy analogs: 1,1-diethoxy-3,4-dihydro-6-methoxy-1H-2-benzopyran (10) and the 6-unsubstituted compound (9). Product analysis implicates an initial opening of the dioxolane or dioxane ring in the spiro ortho esters, as expected on the basis of stereoelectronic considerations. The intermediate dialkoxycarbocations can be observed in HCl solutions. A detailed analysis has been carried out for the 6-methoxy systems to provide the rate constants k1, the second-order rate constant for H+-catalyzed formation of the cation from the ortho ester, k2, the first-order rate constant for water addition to the cation, and k−1, the first-order rate constant for ring closing of the cation to reform the ortho ester. The two spiro ortho esters are shown in this analysis to undergo reversible ring opening in their hydrolysis, in that values of k−1, are greater than k2. The differences, however, are not large, k−1/k2 being 1.2 (dioxolane, 13) and 3.8 (dioxane, 14). Comparison with the diethoxy ortho ester also reveals that the ring opening process (k1, rate constants) is inherently more difficult with the dioxolane, although not with the dioxane. An argument involving lone pair orientation is advanced to explain this.


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