Acylal hydrolysis. The pH-independent breakdown of 7-oxo-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane
作者:Thomas H. Fife、Ramesh Bembi
DOI:10.1021/jo00030a045
日期:1992.2
The hydrolysis of the bicyclic acylal 7-oxo-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane in water is rapid and pH independent from pH 1-12 (k0 = 6.0 x 10(-3) s-1 at 20-degrees-C). This reaction proceeds at nearly the same rate in D2O as in H2O (k(H2O)/k(D2O) = 1.1) and is uncatalyzed by buffer. Therefore, the reaction is a unimolecular breakdown to a resonance-stabilized oxocarbonium ion; i.e., the acylal is hydrolyzing like an acetal with a good leaving group and not like an ester. The H-1 and C-13 NMR spectra indicate a diaxial conformation for the substituents at C-1 and C-5 with moderate distortion of the tetrahydropyran ring. There is a large upfield shift for carbon at C-3 as compared with the corresponding carbon (C-4) of tetrahydropyran (8.8 ppm) or 2-ethoxytetrahydropyran (3.8 ppm). The rapid pH-independent unimolecular breakdown reaction is due to a relatively favorable DELTA-S* (-2.6 eu) and the lack of effective reversibility of that reaction.