C-Azidodiazirines in the SRN1 reaction of azide ion with arylchlorodiazirines. Further insights into reaction mechanism
摘要:
Mixtures of arylchlorodiazirines and sodium azide in DMSO form visible charge transfer complexes. Irradiation of these solutions with fluorescent room light leads to S(RN)1 displacement of chloride and the transient formation of C-azidodiazirines. Relative reactivity studies (using competition experiments) show that nitro-substituted arylchlorodiazirines are substantially more reactive than other arylchlorodiazirines. This is attributed to facile electron transfer in the propagation cycle, involving the nitro-substituted aromatic ring. C-Azidodiazirines can be isolated in solution and spectroscopically characterized when the S(RN)1 reaction is initiated by addition of catalytic amounts of the sodium salt of 2-nitropropane. These azidodiazirines readily decompose at room temperature by first order processes to give molecular nitrogen and benzonitriles. Solvent and substituent effects on decomposition rates are minimal. Computational studies on potential intermediate carbenes in the decomposition of azidodiazirines have been carried out at the HF/6-31G* level. Singlet alpha-azidocarbenes RCN3, where R = NH2, OH, F, vinyl, phenyl, and CH3, are energy minima at this computational level. Isodesmic calculations show that the azido group is comparable to OH in its carbene stabilizing ability. Subsequent loss of N2 from alpha-azidocarbenes, leading to nitriles, is a highly exothermic process (126 kcal when R = vinyl and 128 kcal when R = phenyl).
C-Azidodiazirines in the SRN1 reaction of azide ion with arylchlorodiazirines. Further insights into reaction mechanism
作者:Xavier Creary
DOI:10.1021/jo00079a014
日期:1993.12
Mixtures of arylchlorodiazirines and sodium azide in DMSO form visible charge transfer complexes. Irradiation of these solutions with fluorescent room light leads to S(RN)1 displacement of chloride and the transient formation of C-azidodiazirines. Relative reactivity studies (using competition experiments) show that nitro-substituted arylchlorodiazirines are substantially more reactive than other arylchlorodiazirines. This is attributed to facile electron transfer in the propagation cycle, involving the nitro-substituted aromatic ring. C-Azidodiazirines can be isolated in solution and spectroscopically characterized when the S(RN)1 reaction is initiated by addition of catalytic amounts of the sodium salt of 2-nitropropane. These azidodiazirines readily decompose at room temperature by first order processes to give molecular nitrogen and benzonitriles. Solvent and substituent effects on decomposition rates are minimal. Computational studies on potential intermediate carbenes in the decomposition of azidodiazirines have been carried out at the HF/6-31G* level. Singlet alpha-azidocarbenes RCN3, where R = NH2, OH, F, vinyl, phenyl, and CH3, are energy minima at this computational level. Isodesmic calculations show that the azido group is comparable to OH in its carbene stabilizing ability. Subsequent loss of N2 from alpha-azidocarbenes, leading to nitriles, is a highly exothermic process (126 kcal when R = vinyl and 128 kcal when R = phenyl).
The Mechanism of the Reaction of 3,5-Dinitrobenzonitrile with Sodium Methoxide in Methanol
作者:Takehiro Abe
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.56.1206
日期:1983.4
mechanism has been presented for the formation of the Meisenheimercomplexes and the final product in the reaction system. The rate and thermodynamic stabilities for their formation have been discussed on the basis of the LUMO coefficients of 3,5-dinitrobenzonitrile and from the relative potential energies of their formation respectively, considering also the solvent effects.