Electronic and steric effects in the addition of electrophilic 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to styrenes
摘要:
The addition reactions of 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to ring-substituted styrenes have been kinetically investigated in MeOH and/or MeCN. It has been observed that the rate effect of ring substituents is nearly identical in the reactions of MeCOCHCOMe (1), MeOCOCHCOMe (2) and MeOCOCHCOOMe (4), the rho-value, in MeOH being -0.96, -1.01 and -1.06, respectively. Since the three radicals are relatively strong oxidants and have similar reduction potentials, an important contribution of the charge transfer structure RCOCHCORCH2CHAr.+ to the addition transition state is suggested. It has also be found that in the reactions of 1 and 4 with alpha-alkyl-substituted styrenes the rate of addition is strongly influenced by the nature of the alkyl group, decreasing in the order: Me > Et > (i)Pr > (t)Bu. The observed effects are much larger than those reported for the corresponding reactions of the nucleophilic cyclohexyl radical. It is suggested that the alpha-alkyl substituents exert an effect of steric inhibition of resonance thereby ring delocalization of the charge and/or unpaired electron in the transition state is significantly reduced. Delocalization may be more important in the reactions of 1 and 4 than in those of the cyclohexyl radical since it is possible that the former utilizes a transition state occurring later along the reaction coordinate and/or characterized by a larger extent of charge transfer.
Electronic and steric effects in the addition of electrophilic 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to styrenes
作者:Enrico Baciocchi、Renzo Ruzziconi
DOI:10.1021/jo00015a037
日期:1991.7
The addition reactions of 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to ring-substituted styrenes have been kinetically investigated in MeOH and/or MeCN. It has been observed that the rate effect of ring substituents is nearly identical in the reactions of MeCOCHCOMe (1), MeOCOCHCOMe (2) and MeOCOCHCOOMe (4), the rho-value, in MeOH being -0.96, -1.01 and -1.06, respectively. Since the three radicals are relatively strong oxidants and have similar reduction potentials, an important contribution of the charge transfer structure RCOCHCORCH2CHAr.+ to the addition transition state is suggested. It has also be found that in the reactions of 1 and 4 with alpha-alkyl-substituted styrenes the rate of addition is strongly influenced by the nature of the alkyl group, decreasing in the order: Me > Et > (i)Pr > (t)Bu. The observed effects are much larger than those reported for the corresponding reactions of the nucleophilic cyclohexyl radical. It is suggested that the alpha-alkyl substituents exert an effect of steric inhibition of resonance thereby ring delocalization of the charge and/or unpaired electron in the transition state is significantly reduced. Delocalization may be more important in the reactions of 1 and 4 than in those of the cyclohexyl radical since it is possible that the former utilizes a transition state occurring later along the reaction coordinate and/or characterized by a larger extent of charge transfer.