Evidence for the Formation of α-Hydroxydialkylnitrosamines in the pH-Independent Solvolysis of α-(Acyloxy)dialkylnitrosamines
作者:Latifa Chahoua、Milan Mesic´,、Cynthia L. Revis、Alain Vigroux、James C. Fishbein
DOI:10.1021/jo962003t
日期:1997.4.1
A kinetic study of the decay of alpha-(acyloxy)dialkylnitrosamines in aqueous solutions, at 25 degrees C, ionic strength 1 M (NaClO4), and 4% acetonitrile by volume, is reported. Rate constants for disappearance of the N-NO chromophore or appearance of benzaldehyde product increase with the introduction of electron-withdrawing groups into the acyloxy moiety. For some compounds, in some regions of pH, the kinetics are non-first-order, For these compounds, in other regions of pH, the rate constants are coincident with those previously reported for the decay of the corresponding alpha-hydroxydialkylnitrosamines. These data provide direct evidence that alpha-hydroxydialkylnitrosamines are intermediates in the pH-independent decomposition of the alpha-(acyloxy)dialkylnitrosamines studied.