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Structure-reactivity correlations for reactions of substituted phenolate anions with acetate and formate esters
Stefanidis, Dimitrios,Cho, Sayeon,Dhe-Paganon, Sirano,Jencks, William P.
, p. 1650 - 1656 (2007/10/02)
The reactions of substituted phenolate anions with m-nitrophenyl, p-nitrophenyl, and 3,4-dinitrophenyl formates follow nonlinear Br?nsted-type correlations that might be taken as evidence for a change in the rate-limiting step of a reaction that proceeds through a tetrahedral addition intermediate. However, the correlation actually represents two different Br?nsted lines that are defined by meta- and para-substituted phenolate anions and by meta- and para-substituted o-chlorophenolate anions. A concerted mechanism for both acetyl- and formyl-transfer reactions is supported by the absence of a detectable change in the Br?nsted slope at ΔpK = 0 for the attacking and leaving phenolate anions within each class of Br?nsted correlations. Regular increases in the dependence of log k on the pKa of the nucleophile with increasing pKa of the leaving group correspond to a positive interaction coefficient pxy = ?β1g/?(pKnuc) = ?βnuc/?(pK1g). The observation of two different Br?nsted lines for the reactions of substituted phenolate anions with phenyl acetates is attributed to a steric effect that decreases the rate of reaction of substituted o-chlorophenolate anions by 25-50%. The reactions of meta- and para-substituted phenolate and o-chlorophenolate anions with substituted phenyl acetate esters follow values of βnuc = 0.53-0.66 and -β1g = 0.50-0.63. The reactions of meta- and para-substituted phenolate anions with formate esters are ～ 103 times faster and follow smaller values of βnuc = 0.43-0.64 and -β1g = 0.31-0.48. However, the reactions of meta- and para-substituted o-chlorophenolate anions with the same formate esters follow larger values of βnuc = 0.63-0.90 and -β1g = 0.46-0.90. The large values of βnuc and -β1g for the reactions of substituted o-chlorophenolate anions with formate esters may arise from destabilization by the o-chloro group of a stacking interaction that is present in the transition state for reactions of formate esters, but not acetate esters.
Concertedness in Acyl Group Transfer in Solution: A Single Transition State in Acetyl Group Transfer between Phenolate Ion Nucleophiles
Ba-Saif, Salem,Luthra, Ajay K.,Williams, Andrew
, p. 6362 - 6368 (2007/10/02)
Rate constants have been measured for nucleophilic substitution of 4-nitrophenol from 4-nitrophenyl acetate by a series of phenolate anions.The Bronsted type plot is linear for unhindered phenolate ions with pKa values significantly above and below that of the displaced 4-nitrophenol: (log kArO = 0.75pKArOH - 7.28; n = 17, r = 0.984); this is consistent with a mechanism involving a single transition state or a mechanism with an intermediate that has a very low barrier to decomposition.A small change in effective charge on the carbonyl group from reactant to transition state (measured from βnuc and the known βeq for the overall reaction) points to an almost coupled concerted mechanism for the transfer of acetyl function between phenolate ion nucleophiles.The conclusions of this work are consistent with previous results that indicate relatively stable tetrahedral intermedates in reactions at reactive acyl centers; a spectrum of mechanisms exists for substitution reactions of acyl functions in solution that ranges from SN1 (or ElcB for an ester with an α-carbanion) through concerted to BAc2.
