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The reduction of aryl trifluoromethyl ketones by sodium borohydride. The hydride transfer process
Stewart, Ross,Teo, K. C.
, p. 2491 - 2496 (2007/10/02)
The rates of reduction of 17 aryl trifluoromethyl ketones by sodium borohydride in 2-propanol have been measured.The rho (ρ) value is 3.12, excluding the 4-amino and 4-dimethylamino groups, which both lower the rate to a greater extent than their ? values predict.The close correspondence between substituent effects for hydride addition in the methyl and trifluoromethyl series (excluding the amino groups) suggests that normal substituent effects are to be expected for oxidation processes involving hydride removal in trifluoromethyl compounds.The present results are consistent with the oxidation of aryl trifluoromethyl carbi ols by permanganate taking place by hydrogen atom abstraction.The effect of substituents on the rate of reduction of the trifluoromethyl ketones is almost identical to that on the equilibrium constant for formation of the ketone hydrates.The application of the reactivity-selectivity principle to the reduction reaction is also considered.Reduction of the 4-ethyl compound has ΔH = 2.7 kcal mol-1 and ΔS = -38 cal deg-1 mol-1.
