Kinetic Study on Michael-Type Reactions of β-Nitrostyrenes with Cyclic Secondary Amines in Acetonitrile: Transition-State Structures and Reaction Mechanism Deduced from Negative Enthalpy of Activation and Analyses of LFERs
作者:Ik-Hwan Um、Ji-Sun Kang、Jong-Yoon Park
DOI:10.1021/jo4007442
日期:2013.6.7
A kinetic study is reported for the Michael-type reactions of X-substituted beta-nitrostyrenes (1a-j) with a series of cyclic secondary amines in MeCN. The plots of pseudo-first-order rate constant k(obsd) vs [amine] curve upward, indicating that the reactions proceed through catalyzed and uncatalyzed routes. The dissection of k(obsd) into Kk(2) and Kk(3) (i.e., the rate constants for the uncatalyzed and catalyzed routes, respectively) revealed that Kk(3) is much larger than Kk(2), implying that the reactions proceed mainly through the catalyzed route when [amine] > 0.01 M. Strikingly, the reactivity of beta-nitrostyrene (1g) toward piperidine decreases as the reaction temperature increases. Consequently, a negative enthalpy of activation is obtained, indicating that the reaction proceeds through a relatively stable intermediate. The Bronsted-type plots for the reactions of 1g are linear with beta(nuc) = 0.51 and 0.61, and the Hammett plots for the reactions of 1a-j are also linear with pX = 0.84 and 2.10 for the uncatalyzed and catalyzed routes, respectively. The reactions are concluded to proceed through six-membered cyclic transition states for both the catalyzed and uncatalyzed routes. The effects of the substituent X on reactivity and factors influencing beta(nuc) and pX obtained in this study are discussed.