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Steric and Electronic Effects in SN2 reactions of 9-Substituted Fluorenyl and α-Cyano Carbanions with Benzyl Chloride in Dimethyl Sulfoxide Solution
Bordwell, Frederick G.,Hughes, David L.
, p. 2206 - 2215 (1983)
Rates of reactions of PhCH2Cl with carbanions derived from six α-cyano carbon acids of varied structure with pKa values ranging over 16 units have been measured.When placed on a log k vs. pKa plot the points fit near to the extended
Reactions of 9-Substituted Fluorenide Carbanions with Allyl Chlorides by SN2 and SN2' Mechanism
Bordwell, Frederick G.,Clemens, Anthony H.,Cheng, Jin-Pei
, p. 1773 - 1782 (2007/10/02)
The average ratio of SN2 rate constants for benzyl chloride vs. allyl chloride reacting with 9-substituted fluorenide carbanions, 9-G-Fl- (G = Me, PhS, Ph o-tol, or t-Bu), in Me2SO solution is 2.3, which is close to the ratio previously observed for reactions of smaller nucleophiles with more localized charges, such as iodide ion, in various solvents.Broensted plots of log k vs. pKHA (both in Me2SO) are used to calculate reactivity values (r) for 9-G-Fl- ions of the same basicity reacting with allyl chloride.The r values reveal the same order of steric effects for G in these SN2 reactions as was found previously for benzyl chloride, i.e., Me - ions were found to increase progressively and appreciably with γ-methyl substitution, i.e., CH2=CHCH2Cl (1) , MeCH=CHCH2Cl (4) , Me2C=CHCH2Cl (5), whereas the Broensted β values decreased progressively.The second-order rate constants for reactions with families of 9-G-Fl- ions were found to follow a somewhat different pattern for α-methyl substitution, i.e., CH2=CHCH2Cl (1) > CH2=CHCH(Me)Cl (2) CH2=CHC(Me)2Cl (3); the rate differences were small, but the β values again decreased progressively.Product studies indicated that 1 reacts with 9-G-Fl- ions by an SN2 mechanism but that 2 gives SN2' products in a amounts increasing along the series G = Me, Ph, o-tol, t-Bu; 3 appears to give only SN2' products.The rates of reactions of 9-CN-Fl- and 9-CO2MeFl- ions with 3 to form SN2' and SN2 products are independent of the carbanion concentration.The first-order reaction of 9-CN-Fl- ion with t-BuCl in MeOH gives 17percent yield of 9-CN-9-t-BuFl.Entalpies of activation for SN2 reactions of 9-G-Fl- ions reacting with 5 are 7-9 kcal/mol lower, and entropies of activation are 18, or more, eu units less positive than for SN2' reactions of 9-G-Fl- ions with 3.Mechanism for SN2' reactions are discussed in light of these findings.
Rate-Equilibrium Relationships for Reactions of Families of Carbanion Nucleophiles with N-Benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium Cations and with Alkyl Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides
Bordwell, Frederick G.,Hughes, David L.
, p. 7300 - 7309 (2007/10/02)
Rates of reaction of a family of 9-methylfluorenide anions, 9-MeFl-, with 15 substituted N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium cations, GC6H4CH2N(Me)2C6H4Y+, were measured in a 0.8 M KNO3 solution of Me2SO at 25 deg C.Substitution in the benzyl moiety produced a U-shaped Hammett plot, with m-CN reacting 9- to 15-fold faster than H and p-MeO reacting 1.5- to 3-fold faster than H, depending on the basicity of the 9-RFl- ion.Broensted ΒNu values obtained by varying nucleophile basicity in the 9-MeFl- ion family were 0.28 for N-(p-methoxybenzyl)-N,N-dimethylanilinium ion, 0.33 for N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium ion, and 0.39 for N-(m-cyanobenzyl)-N,N-dimethylanilinium ion.These βNu values were unaffected by substitution in the aniline portion of the substrate.Hammett pLg values were obtained by substitution of m-Cl, p-Br, H, p-Me and p-MeO groups (Y) in the dimethylaniline leaving group; pLg values were all near 2.0 and were insensitive to the basicity of the attacking nucleophile and the substituent G in the benzyl group of the substrate. βNu values for families of 9-RFl- ions reacting with ArCH2X, n-BuX, and CNCH2X also remained constant as the leaving group, X, was changed (Cl, Br, and I) for a given substrate and when the donor atom was changed along the series C-, N-, O-, and S-.These results indicate that there is no direct relationship between the size of βNu and the extent of bond making or bond breaking in the transition state for SN2 reactions, as has been generally assumed in theoretical attempts to rationalize the effects of structural variations on rate.It is suggested that SN2 reactions occur in two stages.The size of βNu is determined in the first stage where an ion-dipole complex is formed.The rate is determined largely in the second stage where bonds are formed and cleaved and where molecular and solvent reorganization occurs.
