Bimolecular nucleophilic displacement at tertiary carbon centers: Aminolyses of 2-cyano-2-propyl and 1-cyanocyclooctyl arenesulfonates
作者:Hyuck Keun Oh、Young Bong Kwon、Dong Soo Chung、Ikchoon Lee
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1099-1395(199610)9:10<683::aid-poc840>3.0.co;2-k
日期:1996.10
Kinetic studies were carried out on the reactions of anilines with 2-cyano-2-propyl and 1-cyanocyclooctyl arenesulfonates in acetonitrile at 50.0 degrees C. The second-order rate constants for the former are in general greater than those for the latter but the rates of the two become comparable for a strong nucleofuge, The cross-interaction constants, rho(XZ) (and beta(XZ)), are considerably smaller (ca -0.04) than those for the primary (ca 0.33) and secondary (ca 0.12) compounds, The negative sign and small magnitude are consistent with a dissociative S(N)2 mechanism with a loose transition state structure. The ab initio MO theoretical results for Cl- + RCl reversible arrow ClR + Cl- at the MP2 level (MP2/6-31 + G*//MP2/6-31 + G*) confirm the,looseness of the transition state for the tertiary (R) alkyl compounds. The average r((Cl ... Cl))* value is 4.88 +/- 0.03 Angstrom, which is larger than those for the reactions at primary (4.68 +/- 0.02 Angstrom) and secondary (4.80 +/- 0.02 Angstrom) carbon centers. Thus a looser transition state with a smaller magnitude of rho(XZ) for the tertiary carbon centers has a larger theoretical r((Cl ... Cl))* value.