作者:Dennis N. Kevill、Jin Burm Kyong
DOI:10.1021/jo00027a046
日期:1992.1
Reactions of 1-adamantyl fluoroformate in hydroxylic solvents have been studied. In solvents of high ionizing power and relatively low nucleophilicity, such as 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol-water mixtures, the reactions parallel those of 1-adamantyl chloroformate, and only solvolysis-decomposition reaction is observed. However, differing from the reactions of the corresponding chloroformate, in other solvents appreciable amounts of attack at acyl carbon occur, more than 90% in greater-than-or-equal-to 80% aqueous ethanol. Entropies of activation for attack at acyl carbon are considerably more negative than for solvolysis-decomposition. For the solvolysis-decomposition, a Grunwald-Winstein m value of 0.70 is observed. The k(Cl)/k(F) ratios for solvolysis-decomposition are in the range of 10(4)-10(5), suggesting appreciable C-X bond breaking in the transition state of the rate-determining step and arguing against rate-determining formation of a 1-Ad+(OCOX)-ion pair. Attack at acyl carbon is analyzed in terms of the two-term Grunwald-Winstein equation, and sensitivities toward changes in nucleophilicity and ionizing power are identical to those for solvolyses of n-octyl fluoroformate, which are believed to proceed via a tetrahedral intermediate. For each of the major pathways, selectivities toward the components of binary hydroxylic solvents are reported and discussed.