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Activation of Benzyl Aryl Carbonates: The Role of Cation-π Interactions
Reddy, Golipalli Ramana,Avadhani, Anusha S.,Rajaram, Sridhar
, p. 4134 - 4141 (2016)
Benzyl aryl carbonates can react with a nucleophile to yield an activated electrophile and an aryloxide anion. Previously, we had utilized this in the synthesis of α-nitro esters from nitroalkanes. To further understand the process of activation of these carbonates by nucleophiles, we have performed kinetic studies on the hydrolysis of carbonates using nucleophiles. Rate constants for the hydrolysis were obtained under pseudo-first-order conditions with DABCO as the nucleophile. A comparison of rate constant for hydrolysis of isobutyl phenyl carbonate with benzyl phenyl carbonate shows that the presence of benzyl group results in a 16-fold acceleration of hydrolysis rate. This indicates that the transition state for activation of carbonate is stabilized by cation-π interactions. A comparison of the rate constant for various aromatic rings indicates that electron-donating substituents on the benzyl groups accelerate the rate of hydrolysis. Studies were also carried out with DMAP as nucleophile and the results are presented. Our studies show that stable carbonates can be activated using nucleophiles. Activated acyl groups generated from acid anhydrides have been used in several enantioselective reactions. Our studies show that carbonates can be stable alternatives to acid anhydrides.
Homogeneous catalytic oxidation of light alkanes: C-C bond cleavage under mild conditions
Chepaikin,Bezruchenko,Menchikova,Moiseeva,Gekhman
, p. 666 - 671 (2010)
The combined oxidation of CO and C2-C4 alkanes (associated petroleum gas and natural gas components) under the action of oxygen in trifluoroacetic acid solutions in the presence of rhodium and copper chlorides was accompanied by the oxidative degradation of C-C bonds in a hydrocarbon chain with the formation of carbonyl compounds, alcohols, and esters. For butane and isobutane, the reaction path with C-C bond cleavage was predominant. The buildup curves of isobutane oxidation products (both with the retention and with the degradation of the chain) were S-shaped and characterized by the same induction period; they did not pass through a maximum. A reaction scheme was proposed to reflect the main special features of the mechanism of transformations occurring in the O2/Rh/Cu/Cl- oxidation system.
