REACTION D'OXIMATION DES CETONES V. MECANISME ET EFFETS DE STRUCTURE DANS LA REACTION DE DESHYDRATATION ACIDO-CATALYSEE DES CARBINOLAMINES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)90552-6

The equilibrium constants of formation and the rate constants of dehydratation of carbinolamines resulting from the addition of hydroxylamine to 19 ketones, - 5 aliphatic, 5 aromatic and 9 cyclanic -, have been measured at 25 deg C in water/methanol 60/40 v/v.We show that the acid catalyzed process predominates in the range of pH 6 to 7 for acetophenones or pH 7 to 8.5 for saturated ketones.The rate constants ratios and Hammett ρ constant of the reaction suggest an sp³ (early) transition state.The changes in rate constant are discussed in terms of torsional and non-bonding steric effects.For several hindered ketones, e.g. 3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexanone, we show the existence of a steric hindrance to the approach of the catalyst; in that case the result is a strong decrease of the rate of the dehydratation.