Intrinsic reactivity of sulfur esters: site selectivity by anions with dimethyl sulfate and methyl methanesulfonate
作者:Rachel C. Lum、Joseph J. Grabowski
DOI:10.1021/jo00060a015
日期:1993.4
The thermally equilibrated (298 K) gas-phase ion-molecule reactions of a variety of anions with dimethyl sulfate and methyl methanesulfonate have been examined using the flowing afterglow technique. Two competitive pathways are observed for the reactions of dimethyl sulfate: reductive elimination across a C-O bond yielding CH3OSO2- as the ionic product and nucleophilic substitution at carbon yielding CH3OSO3- as the ionic product. Nucleophilic substitution is observed to some extent for every anion examined, while reductive elimination is observed for only the strongest bases (PA > 390 kcal mol-1) examined. For methyl methanesulfonate, the reaction channels observed are nucleophilic substitution at carbon yielding CH3SO3- as the ionic product and proton transfer yielding CH3OSO2CH2- as the ionic product. Proton transfer dominates the reaction of methyl methanesulfonate, while nucleophilic substitution is again observed to some extent for each of the anions studied. For neither dimethyl sulfate nor methyl methanesulfonate are products arising from reaction at sulfur found. The S(N)2 reaction at carbon in both cases is believed to overwhelm the analogous S(N)2-type process at sulfur because the substitution reaction at carbon displaces a much better leaving group.