Solvent isotope effect on the hydroxide-ion-catalyzed hydration of ketenes in aqueous solution
作者:J. Andraos、Y. Chiang、S.J. Eustace、A.J. Kresge、S.W. Paine、V.V. Popik、K. Sung
DOI:10.1139/cjc-77-4-459
日期:——
Five ketenes, phenyl(ethyl)ketene, phenyl(methylthio)ketene, diphenylketene, pentafluorophenylketene, and 1-naphthylketene, were generated flash photolytically and solvent isotope effects (H2O vs. D2O) on their hydroxide-ion-catalyzed hydration in aqueous solution were determined. The values obtained are all weakly inverse and closely similar (k(HO)/k(DO) = 0.76-0.97), as expected for these fast, hydroxide-ion-consuming reactions, known to proceed by nucleophilic attack of hydroxide on the ketene carbonyl group. The characteristic magnitude of these isotope effects should prove useful in identifying new examples of this reaction.