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Ambident Reactivity of Phenolate Anions Revisited: A Quantitative Approach to Phenolate Reactivities
Mayer, Robert J.,Breugst, Martin,Hampel, Nathalie,Ofial, Armin R.,Mayr, Herbert
, p. 8837 - 8858 (2019/07/08)
Prompted by the observation that the regioselectivities of phenolate reactions (C versus O attack) are opposite to the predictions by the principle of hard and soft acids and bases, we performed a comprehensive experimental and computational investigation of phenolate reactivities. Rate and equilibrium constants for the reactions of various phenolate ions with benzhydrylium ions (Aryl2CH+) and structurally related quinone methides have been determined photometrically in polar aprotic solvents. Quantum chemical calculations at the SMD(MeCN)/M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) level confirmed that O attack is generally favored under kinetically controlled conditions, whereas C attack is favored under thermodynamically controlled conditions. Exceptions are diffusion-limited reactions with strong electrophiles, which give mixtures of products arising from O and C attack, as well as reactions with metal alkoxides in nonpolar solvents, where oxygen attack is blocked by strong ion pairing. The Lewis basicity (LB) and nucleophilicity (N, sN) parameters of phenolates determined in this work can be used to predict whether their reactions with electrophiles are kinetically or thermodynamically controlled and whether the rates are activation- or diffusion-limited. Comparison of the measured rate constants for the reactions of phenolates with carbocations with the Gibbs energies for single-electron transfer manifests that these reactions proceed via polar mechanisms.
Enthalpy-entropy correlations in reactions of aryl benzoates with potassium aryloxides in dimethylformamide
Khalfina, Irina A.,Vlasov, Vladislav M.
, p. 266 - 282 (2013/05/21)
Temperature dependences of the relative reactivity of potassium aryloxides XC6H4O-K+ toward 4-nitrophenyl (1), 3-nitrophenyl (2), 4-chlorophenyl (3), and phenyl (4) benzoates in dimethylformamide (DMF) were studied using the competitive reactions technique. The rate constants kX for the reactions of 1 with potassium 4-cyanophenoxide, 2 with potassium 3-bromophenoxide, 3 with potassium 3-bromo-, 4-bromo-, and unsubstituted phenoxides, 4 with potassium 4-methoxy- and 3-methylphenoxides were measured at 25°C. Correlation analysis of the relative rate constants kX/kH(3-Me) and differences in the activation parameters (δδH≠and δ δS ≠) of competitive reactions revealed the existence of six isokinetic series. We investigated the substituent effect of X on the activation parameters for each isokinetic series and concluded that the reactions of aryl benzoates PhCO2C6H4Y with potassium aryloxides in DMF proceed via a four-step mechanism. The large ρ0(Y) and ρXY values at 25°C obtained for the reactions of 1-3 with potassium aryloxides with an electron-donating substituent refer to the rate-determining formation of the spiro-σ-complex. The Hammett plots for the reactions of 1 and 2 exhibit a downward curvature, causing the motion of the transition state for the rate-determining step according to a Hammond effect as the substituent in aryloxide changes from electron-donating to electron-withdrawing. Analysis of data in the terms of two-dimensional reaction coordinate diagrams leads to the conclusion that significant anti-Hammond effects arise in the cases of ortho-substituted and unsubstituted substrates. It was shown that the isokinetic and compensation effects observed for the reactions of aryl benzoates with potassium aryloxides in DMF can be interpreted in the terms of the electrostatic bonding between the reaction centers.
Kinetics and mechanism of nucleophilic displacement reactions of Y-substituted phenyl benzoates with cyanide Ion
Kim, Song-I,Kim, Eun-Hee,Um, Ik-Hwan
experimental part, p. 689 - 693 (2010/08/19)
Second-order rate constants (kCN-) have been measured for nucleophilic substitution reactions of Y-substituted phenyl benzoates (1a-r) with CN- ion in 80 mol % H2O/20 mol % DMSO at 25.0 ± 0.1 °C. The Bronsted-type plot is linear with βlg = -0.49, a typical βlg value for reactions reported to proceed through a concerted mechanism. Hammett plots correlated with σo and σ-constants exhibit many scattered points. In contrast, the Yukawa-Tsuno plot for the same reaction exhibits excellent linearity with pY = 1.37 and r = 0.34, indicating that a negative charge develops partially on the oxygen atom of the leaving aryloxide in the rate-determining step (RDS). Although two different mechanisms are plausible (i.e., a concerted mechanism and a stepwise pathway in which expulsion of the leaving group occurs at the RDS), the reaction has been concluded to proceed through a concerted mechanism on the basis of the magnitude of βlg and pY values.
