Solvent Effects on Proton Transfer Reactions: Benzoate Ion Promoted Deprotonation Reactions of Arylnitromethanes in Methanol Solution
作者:Joseph R. Gandler、Oliver L. Saunders、Ronald Barbosa
DOI:10.1021/jo970409f
日期:1997.7.1
Second-order rate constants and equilibrium constants have been determined for the benzoate ion promoted deprotonation reactions of (m-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, (p-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, and (3,5-dinitrophenyl)nitromethane in methanol solution. The pK(a) values for the arylnitromethanes in methanol are the following: pK(a) = 10.9, 10.5, and 9.86 for (m-nitrophenyl)-nitromethane, (p-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, and (3,5-dinitrophenyl)nitromethane, respectively, relative to benzoic acid (pK(a) = 9.4). A Bronsted beta(B) value of 0.50 and alpha(CH) value of 1.31 have been calculated for the 3,4-dimethylbenzoate, benzoate, m-bromobenzoate, and 3,4-dichlorobenzoate ion promoted reactions of(3,5-dinitrophenyl)nitromethane, and for the benzoate ion promoted reactions of (m-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, (p-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, and (3,5-dinitrophenyl)nitromethane, respectively. The log of the intrinsic rate constants for benzoate ion promoted deprotonations of (m-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, (p-nitrophenyl)nitromethane, and (3,5-dinitrophenyl)nitromethane are 0.0212, 0.270, and 0.877, respectively. These values are 6.3 x 10(4), 2.0 x 10(4), and 2.5 x 10(4) times lower than for the same reactions in acetonitrile solution. The transfer activity coefficient from methanol to acetonitrile solution, log (M) gamma(AN), for (m-nitrophenyl)nitromethyl anion (3.6) and (m-nitrophenyl)nitromethane (-1.0) have been calculated. The solvent effect on these reactions in methanol and acetonitrile, two solvents with similar dielectric constants, are analyzed within the framework of the Principal of Nonperfect Synchronization. The results suggest that the observed solvent effect is a result of an imbalanced transition state (i.e., PNS effects), and a stronger transition state hydrogen bond between the carbon acid and benzoate ion in acetonitrile than in methanol solution.