A linear Br�nsted-type behavior in the aminolysis of substituted naphthyl acetates
作者:D. Rajarathnam、P. Ananthakrishna Nadar
DOI:10.1002/1097-4601(200103)33:3<157::aid-kin1009>3.0.co;2-y
日期:2001.3
The reactions of 4-acetyl-1-naphthyl acetate (I) and 6-acetyl-2-naphthyl acetate (2) with a series of amines of varying pK(a),viz, morpholine, ammonia, ethanolamine, glycine n-butylamine, piperidine. hydrazine, imidazole, and hydroxylamine, are subjected to a kinetic investigation in aqueous medium. 30 degreesC, ionic strength 0.1 M (KCl). Pseudo-first-order rate coefficients (k(obs)) are found under amine excess. The plots of (k(obs) - k(H)) against free amine concentration are linear at constant pH. The macroscopic nucleophilic substitution rate coefficients (k(N)) are obtained as the slopes of these plots and found to be pH-independent for all the amines employed. The Bronsted-type plots obtained (log k(N) against amine pK(a)) for the aminolysis of both esters 1 and 2 are linear with slope values of beta = 0.74 and beta = 0.94, respectively. From these values, the kinetic law and the analysis of products. it is deduced that for both esters aminolysis proceed through a zwitterionic tetrahedral addition intermediate (T+/-) whereby its dissociation into products is rate-limiting (k(2) step). Comparison of k(N) values among them shows that both esters follow an identical mechanistic pathway with 1 having higher reactivity than 2, the reasons for which are discussed. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons Inc.