Seventeen model phenyl esters of 4-substituted benzoic acids were synthesised by the reaction of substituted benzoyl chlorides with phenol in aqueous alkaline solutions (Schotten-Baumann reaction), in pyridine (Einhorn reaction), or by the reaction of substituted benzoic acids with phosphorus oxychloride. Structures and purity of the model compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopy as well as by HPLC and elemental analysis. Phenyl 4-aminobenzoate was synthesised by reduction of phenyl 4-nitrobenzoate in methanol on palladium. Kinetics of base-catalysed hydrolysis of model phenyl esters occurring by the BAc2 mechanism were measured by UV spectrophotometry in 50% (v/v) aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide solutions at 25 °C under pseudo-first-order conditions, (c[NaOH] = 0.001-1.0 mol l-1). The addition of OH- to phenyl benzoates was used to establish the kinetic J-E acidity scale. Linear relation between J-E and log kobs with the slope near unity was found for all the model compounds. The kinetic constants of hydrolysis of phenyl esters of 4-substituted benzoic acids precisely obey the Hammett relationship (σp) with ρ = 2.44. Quantitatively comparable results have been obtained by application of Alternative Interpretation of Substituent Effects theory (AISE) using the σi set of substituent constants.
4-取代苯甲酸的17种模型苯酯通过取代苯甲酰氯与酚在水性碱性溶液中(Schotten-Baumann反应),在吡啶中(Einhorn反应),或通过取代苯甲酸与氯化亚磷酸反应合成。模型化合物的结构和纯度通过1H NMR和13C NMR光谱以及HPLC和元素分析得到确认。苯基4-氨基苯甲酸是通过在钯上在甲醇中还原苯基4-硝基苯甲酸合成的。在25°C下,通过伪一级条件(c[NaOH] = 0.001-1.0 mol l-1)在50%(体积比)水性二甲基亚砜溶液中,利用UV分光光度法测量了发生BAc2机制的模型苯酯的碱催化水解动力学。将OH-加入苯基苯甲酸酯以建立动力学J-E酸度标度。对于所有模型化合物,发现了J-E与log kobs之间的线性关系,斜率接近于单位。4-取代苯甲酸酯的水解动力学常数精确遵守Hammett关系(σp),ρ = 2.44。使用σi取代基常数集合,通过应用替代取代基效应理论(AISE),获得了定量可比较的结果。