Carbon-Halogen Bonding Studies. Halogen Redistribution Reactions between Alkyl or Acetyl Halides and Tri-n-butyltin Halides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00524a023

The equilibrium positions have been determined for the halogen redistribution reactions of tri-n-butyltin halides with a variety of structurally different types of alkyl halides and with acetyl halides.These have been related through the reaction ΔG^o values to carbon-halogen bond dissociation energy differences.It is suggested that the trends observed in the latter may provide evidence for the existence of a small steric bond weakening effect in the order C-I > C-Br > C-Cl bonds on going from methyl to primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl halides.On the other hand, with the 2,3-? bond containing allyl, benzyl, and propargyl halides , α-haloacetones, and haloacetonitriles, there may be some type of electronic carbon-halogen bond strengthening effect which lies in order C-I > C-Br > C-Cl.Finally, for the acetyl halides, the data are in agreement with increases in bond strengths resulting from ? contributions being in the order C-Cl > C-Br > C-I.