A Study of Essentially Free Carbocations Derived via Diazonium and Oxo Diazonium Ions in the Liquid Phase
摘要:
Nitrogen- and nitrous oxide-separated ion pairs containing Li-substituted benzyl cations and carboxylate or tosylate anions were prepared by thermolysis of N-nitroso- and N-nitroamides, acidification of phenyldiazomethane, and nitrosation of N-benzyl-O-benzoylhydroxylamine. The cations were generated in benzene/toluene and benzene/anisole mixtures and were found to partition between the counterion and the solvent and between the aromatic cosolvent and benzene. A familial relationship among the methods was observed. As the cation became more reactive, the yield of solvent-derived products (SDPs) rose and the ratio of rate constants for its reaction with toluene versus benzene, k(T)/k(B), fell. The yield of SDP also rose as the temperature was decreased and as N-2 was replaced by N2O; however, k(T)/k(B) remained unchanged. Inert diluents had no effect on k(T)/k(B) but decreased hydrocarbon yield by 40% on 2-fold dilution. In the presence of reactive diluents that are converted into secondary alkylating agents, both the % hydrodarbon and k(T)/k(B) rose. These results are interpreted in terms of the intermediacy of inert-molecule-separated ion pairs (IMSIPs) in deamination. The cation reacted with benzoates and tosylates not only at the oxygens but also at the ipso carbon; subsequent decarboxylation and desulfonylation, respectively, led to diphenylmethanes. The ester/SDP ratio is introduced as a new measure of carbocation reactivity.
A Study of <i>N</i>-Nitrosoamide-Mediated Friedel−Crafts Type Benzylation of Benzene−Toluene and Benzene−Anisole<sup>1</sup><sup>a</sup>
作者:Ron W. Darbeau、Emil H. White
DOI:10.1021/jo9916378
日期:2000.2.1
deuterium rearrangements (or coupled benzyl rearrangements) in the arenium ion intermediate. Kinetic isotope effects were not detected. The methyl substituent on toluene appears to affect intermolecular selectivity (k(T)/k(B)) and intramolecular selectivity (o, m, p distribution) to similar degrees. A mechanism is proposed in which both selectivities are determined by activation energy differences in
A New Look at the Friedel−Crafts Alkylation Reaction<sup>1</sup>
作者:Emil H. White、Ron W. Darbeau、Yulong Chen、Steven Chen、David Chen
DOI:10.1021/jo960935r
日期:1996.11.15
The Reactivity-Selectivity principle and the electrophilic substitution of aromatic compounds
作者:Emil H. White
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(97)10083-1
日期:1997.11
application of the Reactivity-Selectivity principle (RSP) to the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction has been reinvestigated using the N-nitrosoamide decomposition as the source of electrophiles. Plots of pfvsσ+ for 4-methylbenzyl, benzyl, 4-chlorobenzyl, and 4-nitrobenzyl cations] yielded ϱ values of −3.4, −2.5, −2.4, and −1.2, resp. The data indicate that the Reactivity-Selectivity Principle applicable
A Study of Essentially Free Carbocations Derived via Diazonium and Oxo Diazonium Ions in the Liquid Phase
作者:Ron W. Darbeau、Emil H. White、Fenhong Song、Nyla R. Darbeau、James Chou
DOI:10.1021/jo990494m
日期:1999.8.1
Nitrogen- and nitrous oxide-separated ion pairs containing Li-substituted benzyl cations and carboxylate or tosylate anions were prepared by thermolysis of N-nitroso- and N-nitroamides, acidification of phenyldiazomethane, and nitrosation of N-benzyl-O-benzoylhydroxylamine. The cations were generated in benzene/toluene and benzene/anisole mixtures and were found to partition between the counterion and the solvent and between the aromatic cosolvent and benzene. A familial relationship among the methods was observed. As the cation became more reactive, the yield of solvent-derived products (SDPs) rose and the ratio of rate constants for its reaction with toluene versus benzene, k(T)/k(B), fell. The yield of SDP also rose as the temperature was decreased and as N-2 was replaced by N2O; however, k(T)/k(B) remained unchanged. Inert diluents had no effect on k(T)/k(B) but decreased hydrocarbon yield by 40% on 2-fold dilution. In the presence of reactive diluents that are converted into secondary alkylating agents, both the % hydrodarbon and k(T)/k(B) rose. These results are interpreted in terms of the intermediacy of inert-molecule-separated ion pairs (IMSIPs) in deamination. The cation reacted with benzoates and tosylates not only at the oxygens but also at the ipso carbon; subsequent decarboxylation and desulfonylation, respectively, led to diphenylmethanes. The ester/SDP ratio is introduced as a new measure of carbocation reactivity.