18508-00-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Solvolysis of K-region arene oxides: Substituent effects on reactions of benz[a]anthracene 5,6-oxide
Nashed, Nashaat T.,Balani, Suresh K.,Loncharich, Richard J.,Sayer, Jane M.,Shipley, David Y.,Mohan, Ram S.,Whalen, Dale L.,Jerina, Donald M.
, p. 3910 - 3919 (2007/10/02)
The solvolytic reactivity and products formed from benz[a]anthracene 5,6-oxide (BA-O) on substitution of a methyl group at positions 1 (1-MBA-O), 4 (4-MBA-O), 7 (7-MBA-O), 11 (11-MBA-O), and 12 (12-MBA-O), on 7,12-dimethyl substitution (7,12-DMBA-O), and on 7-bromo substitution in 1:9 dioxane-water and in methanol at 25°C are reported. These substitutions result in > 150-fold differences in their rates of acid-catalyzed solvolysis and cause marked changes in the distribution of solvent adducts and phenols resulting from isomerization. Optically pure BA-O, 7-MBA-O, 12-MBA-O, and 7,12-DMBA-O as well as their optically pure trans dihydrodiols were utilized to determine the point of attack by water in the hydrolysis reactions. In general, the reactions in aqueous dioxane (0.1 M NaClO4) obeyed the rate equation kobsd = kH[H+] + k0, where kH is the second-order rate constant for acid-catalyzed reaction and k0 is the first-order rate constant for spontaneous reaction, to provide biphasic pH-rate profiles. When ionic strength was maintained with 0.5 M KCl, however, more complex pH-rate profiles were observed for some of the arene oxides due to attack of chloride on the neutral epoxide to produce steady-state concentrations of chlorohydrins. Rate enhancement on methyl substitution is largest (kH, ca. 5-fold) when the methyl group is present in the hindered bay region (C1 or C12) or adjacent to the epoxide at C7. The combined effect of two methyl groups (7,12-DMBA-O) is additive (ca. 25-fold). Theoretical calculations (molecular mechanics by PCMODEL-PI and ab initio by GAUSSIAN 86 and 88 programs) of carbocation stability indicate the importance of steric factors in determining relative reactivity and types of products formed from substituted benz[a]anthracene 5,6-oxides.
Reaction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Ozone. Linear Free-Energy Relationships and Tests of Likely Rate-Determining Steps Using Simple Molecular Orbital Correlations
Pryor, William A.,Gleicher, Gerald J.,Church, Daniel F.
, p. 4198 - 4202 (2007/10/02)
Nine unsubstituted, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were allowed to react with ozone at 25 deg C, and relative rate constants were obtained by direct competitive techniques.The rate constants show a large variation with substrate structure, with nearly three powers of ten difference between the least reactive (benzene) and most reactive (anthracene, perylene) compounds studied.Linear free-energy relationships between the rate data and calculated molecular orbital parameters have been obtained.The optimum correlations are found for models based on rate-determining ?-complex or ?-complex formation rather than simultaneous addition of ozone to two carbon atoms.Electrophilic attack by ozone to yield a ?-complex also appears to be the rate-determining step based on the results obtained for changes in selectivity with variation of solvents.
