Nucleophilic aromatic substitution on ester derivatives of carcinogenic N-arylhydroxamic acids by aniline and N,N-dimethylaniline
作者:Michael Novak、Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa、Rebecca K. Manitsas
DOI:10.1021/jo00079a028
日期:1993.12
Decomposition of N-(pivaloyloxy)-2-(acetylamino)fluorene (1b) and N-(sulfonatooxy)-4-(acetylamino)-biphenyl (2a) in MeOH occurs predominately via N-0 bond cleavage to yield oxazoles (5, 6, 23), methoxy adducts (7,8,24,25,26), and rearrangement products (10b,11b,28). Minor ester methanolysis paths lead to the N-arylhydroxamic acids (9, 27). In the presence of 0.1 M aniline (3), 1b yields a number of adducts (14-18) identical to those previously obtained from the reaction of 3 with N-(sulfonatooxy)-2-(acetylamino)fluorene (1a). This occurs with no change in the rate constant for decomposition of 1b. At 0.1 M 3 all solvolysis products of 1b, except the rearrangement products 10 band 11b, are reduced below detectable levels. Similar results were obtained for 2a, which yields the adducts 30-35 in the presence of 3 and 36-38 in the presence of N,N-dimethylaniline (4). These results are consistent with a mechanism (Scheme V) in which the N-O bond heterolysis leads to a tight ion pair that can undergo internal return to yield the rearrangement products or diffusional separation to yield the free ion. The free nitrenium ion can be trapped by solvent or added nucleophiles. Both the N-acetyl-N-(4-biphenylyl)nitrenium ion (45) and the N-acetyl-N-(2-fluorenyl)nitrenium ion (48) react slowly enough with the solvent to undergo selective reaction with strong nucleophiles. Since 1a, 1b, and 2a span the reactivity range of the ester derivatives of the common N-arylhydroxamic acids which undergo N-O bond heterolysis in H2O, it appears that all of the carcinogenic esters will react with simple aromatic amines via an S(N)1 mechanism.
Nucleophilic substitution on the ultimate hepatacarcinogen N-(sulfonatooxy)-2-(acetylamino)fluorene by aromatic amines
作者:Michael Novak、Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa
DOI:10.1021/jo00030a043
日期:1992.2
The kinetics and products of the reactions of the title compound 1 with aniline (5) and N,N-dimethylaniline (6) were investigated in MeOH. Addition of 5 (0.1-0.4 M) to a solution of 1 in MeOD-d4 has no effect on the overall rate of decomposition of 1 but generates a number of adducts (20-24) in moderate to high yield. The yields of all solvolysis products, except the rearranged O-sulfates 18 and 19, are suppressed by the addition of 5. The kinetic and product data are consistent with an S(N)1 mechanism (Scheme IV) in which 18 and 19 are generated by internal return from a tight ion pair, but all other products are generated by nucleophilic attack on a free nitrenium ion or solvent separated ion pair. The reaction of 6 with 1 shows similar characteristics to that of 5 with the exception that 6 reduces 1 in moderate yield to generate 2-(acetylamino)fluorene (25). This reduction occurs in competition with reaction to generate adducts (26, 27) similar to those obtained with 5. Kinetic and product data indicate that 25 is generated by reaction of 6 with a nitrenium ion intermediate. The differences in the behavior of 5 and 6 may be explained by cyclic voltammetry results which show that 6 is oxidized in MeOH more readily than 5 by about 2.5 kcal/mol. The reaction of 1 with 5 and 6 is considerably different from the reactions of the same amines with the N-aryl-O-pivaloylhydroxylamines, which were previously shown to proceed via an S(N)2 mechanism. This change in mechanism may be attributed, in part, to increased steric hindrance at the nitrogen of 1 due to the N-acetyl group.