摘要:
Studies of acid-base catalysis, H/D exchange, and solvent isotope effect on the P-elimination reactions with formation of p-nitrostyrene in acetohydroxamate/acetohydroxamic acid buffers at pH 9.05, H2O, mu = 1 M KCl, 25 degrees C, from N-[2-(p-nitrophenyl)ethyl]alkylammonium ions with different leaving groups, such as N-methylpyrrolidine 1,N-ethylpyrrolidine 2,N-isopropylpyrrolidine 3, N-methylpiperidine 4,N-isopropylpiperidine 5, and N-methylazepane 6, show a change from a partially reversible E1cb mechanism with 1, 2, and 4 to an irreversible E1cb mechanism with 3, 5, and 6. The change in the rate-determining step is related to the increased steric requirement of the leaving group. A steric acceleration from the carbanion intermediate to product step is proposed.