摘要:
Although molybdate (MoO42-) is over 1000 times less basic than the phosphate dianion it is 35 times more nucleophilic toward p-nitrophenyl acetate (pNPA) and p-nitrophenyl thioacetate (pNPTA) at 27-degrees-C (Wikjord, B.; Byers, L. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992,114,5553). Based on Bronsted relationships for the reaction of a series of phosphonate dianions with these esters (beta(nuc) = 0.3 at 37-degrees-C), molybdate (pK(a2) = 3.9) is as reactive as a phosphonate with pK(a2) = 12. The activation parameters are DELTAH(double dagger) = 15.8 (+/-0.1) kcal/mol and DELTAS(double dagger) = -17.4 (+/-0.4) eu for the reaction with pNPA and DELTAH(double dagger) = 16.0 (+/-0.2) kcal/mol and DELTAS(double dagger) = -15.0 (+/-0.6) eu for the reaction with pNPTA. The second-order rate constant for the reaction of MoO42- with a series of 13 acyl-substituted p-nitrophenyl esters at 27-degrees-C shows nearly identical sensitivity to substituent effects (rho* = 2.8) as does the rate of alkaline hydrolysis or the equilibrium addition of hydroxide to aldehydes (Shames, S. L.; Byers, L. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 6170), suggesting that the transition state for the molybdenolysis reaction closely resembles the tetrahedral intermediate. In addition to the reaction with activated carboxylic esters, molybdate catalyzes the hydrolysis of a variety of electrophiles. The second-order rate constants (M-1 min-1, 27-degrees-C, mu = 1.5 M) for the reactions of molybdate are 0.25 (+/-0.01) with ethyl pyruvate, (2.10+/-0.08) x 10(-2) with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene, and (7.2 +/-0.4) x 10(-5) with methyl iodide.