General-base catalysis by hydroxocopper(II) ion and existence of an addition intermediate in the hydrolysis of m-(2-imidazolylazo)phenyl p-toluenesulfonate
摘要:
Rates of the hydrolysis of m-(2-imidazolylazo)phenyl p-toluenesulfonate (1) were measured in the presence of Cu(II) ion. Saturation behavior was observed for the dependence on [Cu(II)] of the absorbance (Abs) of 1 or that of the pseudo-first-order rate constant (k0). The formation costant measured from the dependence on [Cu(II)] of k0 was much smaller than that of Abs. The binding constant reflected in the Abs data indicates the formation of a 1:1-type complex. The binding constant estimated with the k0 values may be related to the formation of a 2:1-type complex. This possibility, however, is excluded on the basis of the dependence of the binding constants on pH and the dependence of Abs on [Cu(II)]. Instead, the saturation kinetic behavior agrees with the shift of the rate-determining step between the formation and the breakdown processes of an intermediate upon increase in [Cu(II)]. On the basis of the kinetic data, it is shown that the 1:1-type complex is hydrated to form an addition intermediate, which is subsequently converted into the hydrolysis products, and that hydroxocopper(II) ion participates as a general-base catalyst in the rate-controlling proton-transfer process.