Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXV.1 Solvation Effects on the Activation Parameters of Heterolysis of 1-Bromo-1-methylcyclopentane and 1-Bromo-1-methylcyclohexane. Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects

Kinetics of heterolysis of 1-bromo-1-methylcyclopentane and -cyclohexane in protic and aprotic solvents were studied. Correlation analysis of the effect of solvent parameters on G , H , and S was performed.     

Solvation and Conformational Effects in Heterolysis of 1-Methylcycloalkyl Halides

In the series of substrates 1-bromo-1-methylcyclopentane, 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane, 1-methyl-1-chlorocyclopentane, 1-methyl-1-chlorocyclohexane, the heterolysis rate in acetone at 25 °C is reduced by four orders of magnitude; v = k[RX], E1 mechanism. The decrease in reaction rate as we go from a cyclopentyl compound to a cyclohexyl compound is due to the decrease in entropy of activation as a result of rapid solvation of the transition state as the conformational barrier is overcome.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXIV. Solvent Effect on the Heterolysis Rate of 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclohexane. Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects in Heterolysis of 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclohexane and 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclopentane

The kinetics of heterolysis of 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane in 9 protic and 25 aprotic solvents at 25°C were studied by the verdazyl method. The kinetic equation is v = k[RCl] (E1 mechanism). The heterolysis rate of 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane in protic solvents is two orders of magnitude lower than that of 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane, whereas in low-polarity and nonpolar aprotic solvents the rates are close. A correlation analysis was made to reveal the solvation effects in heterolysis of both chlorides in a set of 9 protic and 25 aprotic solvents, and separately in protic and aprotic solvents.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXVII.1 Effect of Nucleofuge and Solvent of the Relative Rates of Heterolysis of 1-Halo-1-methylcyclopentanes and 1-Halo-1-methylcyclohexanes. Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects

The effect of solvent ionizing ability on heterolysis rate enhances in the series 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane < 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane < 1-bromo-1-methyl- cyclopentane. The lower sensitivity of cyclohexyl substrates compared with cyclopentyl is determined by conformational effects. Bromides are more sensitive to solvent effects than chlorides because of the stronger polarizability of the C-Br bond.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXVI.1 Solvent Effect on the Activation Parameters of Heterolysis of 1-Methyl-1-chlorocyclohexane. Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects in Heterolysis of 1-Methyl-1-chlorocyclohexane and 1-Methyl-1-chlorocyclopentane

The kinetics of heterolysis of 1-methyl-1-chlorocyclohexane in six protic and eight aprotic solvents at 25-50°C was studied by the verdazyl method; v = k[RCl], E1 mechanism. The correlation analysis of the solvent effects on the activation free energy G , enthalpy H , and entropy S of heterolysis of 1-methyl-1-chlorocyclohexane and 1-methyl-1-chlorocyclopentane was performed for the same sets of solvents.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXX.1 Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects in Heterolysis of tert-Butyl Chloride

Quantitative analysis of the effect of solvent parameters on the rate of heterolysis of tert-butyl chloride was performed; the reaction rate is fairly described by the polarity, polarizability, and electrophilicity parameters or by the ionizing ability parameter, while the nucleophilicity of the solvent has no rate effect. A negative effect of nucleophilic solvation was revealed in protic solvents.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXII.1 Solvent Effects on Activation Parameters of Heterolysis of 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclopentane. Correlation Analysis of Solvation Effects

Kinetics of heterolysis of 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane in MeOH, BuOH, cyclohexane, i-PrOH, t-BuOH, tert-C₅H₁₁OH, -butyrolactone, MeCN, PhCN, PhNO₂, acetone, PhCOMe, cyclohexanone, and 1,2-dichloroethane at 25-50°C were studied by the verdazyl method. Correlation analysis of solvent effects on activation parameters of the reaction in 8 protic (additionally, AcOH and CF₃CH₂OH) and 8 aprotic solvents together and separately in either group of solvents was performed. In all the solvents studied, two H -S compensation effects were revealed.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXIX. Solvent Effects on the Activation Parameters of Heterolysis of tert-Butyl Chloride

The kinetics of heterolysis of t-BuCl in sulfolane, PhCN, PhNO₂, acetophenone, cyclohexanone, chloroform, and 1,2-dichloroethane at 30-50°C were studied by the verdazyl method. Quantitative analysis of the effect of solvent parameters on the G , H , S , and log k _{2 5} values for heterolysis of t-BuCl in a set of 15 protic and 16 aprotic solvents and separately in either group of solvents was performed. In the above set of solvents, three H -S compensation effects are observed, associated with jump changes in the potential energy of the reaction.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XXXIX. Salt Effect of LiClO<Subscript>4</Subscript>in Heterolysis of Ph<Subscript>2</Subscript>CHCl in γ-Butyrolactone

Additions of LiClO₄ accelerate the heterolysis of Ph₂CHCl in γ-butyrolactone; v = k[Ph₂CHCl], SN1 mechanism. The salt effect increases with an increase in the electron-acceptor properties of the verdazyl indicator. A superposition of three salt effects (normal, special, and negative special) is observed.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 1, 2005, pp. 105–110.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dvorko, Ponomareva, Golovko, Pervishko.     

Efficient Procedures for 1-Bromo-1,3-Butadiene and 2-Bromo-1,3-Butadiene

Mixtures of Z- and E-1-bromo-1,3-butadiene in which the E- or Z- isomer predominates have been obtained in good yields by treating a mixture of Z- and E- 1,4-dibromo-2-butene (90% Z-isomer) or pure E-1,4-dibromo-2-butene, respectively, with powdered potassium hydroxide in high-boiling petroleum. 2-Bromo-1,3-butadiene was obtained in high yields by stirring a mixture of vinylacetylene, concentrated aqueous hydrogen bromide and copper(I) bromide.     

Reactions of 1-Aryl-2,2-dibromobutan-1-ones with Zinc and Alkyl 6-Bromo-2-oxo-2-H-chromen-3-carboxylate

Zinc enolates formed from 1-aryl-2,2-dibromobutan-1-ones and zinc react with alkyl 6-bromo-2-oxo-2-H-chromen-3-carboxylates affording alkyl 1-aroyl-6-bromo-2-oxo-1-ethyl-1,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]-chromen-1a(2H)-carboxylates as a single isomer.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Unimolecular Heterolysis of Framework Compounds: XVII. Solvation Effects in Dehydrobromination of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-Butyl Bromide, 1-Bromo-1-Methylcyclohexane,and 2-Bromo-2-methyladamantane in Dipolar Aprotic Solvents

Dehydrobromination rate of tert-butyl bromide, 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane, and 2-bromo-2-methyladamantane grows with increasing polarity and dipole moment of solvents. No correlation was found between rate constants of the process and electrophilicity or ionizing power of the solvents. The observed solvation effects are due mainly to dispersion interactions.     

Kinetics and mechanism of unimolecular heterolysis of cage-like compounds: XIX. Effect of the nucleofuge nature on the activation parameters of heterolysis of 1-halo-1-methylcyclohexanes in cyclohexane. Heterolysis rate ratio in aprotic and protic solvents

Heterolysis of 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane in cyclohexane (E1 reaction) involves solvation of the transition state (ΔS^≡ = ?81 J mol^?1K^?1), while heterolysis of 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane is characterized by desolvation of the transition state (ΔS^≡ = 92 J mol^?1K^?1). The probability for the formation of transition state (interaction between cationoid intermediate and solvent cavity) increases in the first case due to enhanced stability of the solvated intermediate, and in the second, due to reduction in its size. The bromide/chloride heterolysis rate ratio decreases as the ionizing power of aprotic solvent decreases and that of protic solvent increases.     

Kinetics and mechanism of unimolecular heterolysis of cage-like compounds: XXI. Solvent effect on the realtive rate of heterolysis of 2-methyland 2-phenyl-2-haloadamantanes. Role of activation parameters

The kinetics of heterolysis of 2-chloro-2-methyladamantane, 2-bromo-2-methyladamantane, 2-chloro-2-phenyladamantane, and 2-bromo-2-phenyladamantane in isopropyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, acetonitrile, nitromethane, cyclohexanone, and γ-butyrolactone were studied using the verdazyl technique. The rate constant ratio k _Ph/k _Me decreases from three orders of magnitude to unity in the solvent series BuOH > i-PrOH > t-BuOH > MeCN > PhNO₂ > cyclohexanone > γ-butyrolactone > sulfolane, which results from weakening of conjugation between the phenyl group and emerging carbocationic center. The effect of solvent on the entropy and enthalpy of heterolysis in going from 2-methyl-substituted 2-haloadamantanes to their 2-phenyl analogs is discussed.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Monomolecular Heterolysis of Commercial Organohalogen Compounds: XL. Nature of Salt Effects in Dehydrobromination of 3-Bromocyclohexene in γ-Butyrolactone. Role of Solvation Effects of Dipolar Aprotic Solvents

The influence of neutral salts on the rate of heterolysis of 3-bromocyclohexene at 31°C in γ-butyrolactone was studied by the verdazyl method; ν = k[C₆H₉Br], E1 mechanism. Additions of lithium picrate do not affect the reaction rate; those of LiClO₄ and Et₄NClO₄ increase it; and those of LiCl, Et₄NCl, and KNCS decelerate the reaction. The nature of salt and solvation effects in the heterolysis of 3-bromocyclohexene in γ-butyrolactone, MeCN, and PhNO₂ is discussed.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 6, 2005, pp. 937–944.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ponomarev, Stambirskii, Dvorko.     

Reformatsky Reaction with N-Substituted 6-Bromo-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides

Reformatsky reactions of ethyl -bromopropionate, methyl -bromobutyrate, and methyl -bromo-isobutyrate with N-substituted 6-bromo-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides in the system diethyl ether–benzene– HMPA give N-benzyl-6-bromo-4-(1-alkoxycarbonylalkyl)-2-oxochroman-3-carboxamides, while in the system diethyl ether–benzene–HMPA–THF, 3-R¹-1-R²-1-R³-9-bromo-2,3,4,4a,5,10b-hexahydro-1H-chromeno[3,4-c]-pyridine-2,4,5-triones are obtained.     

Improved Synthesis of 1-Bromo-3-buten-2-one

A convenient procedure for the synthesis of 1-bromo-3-buten-2-one, 4, from commercially available 2-ethyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, 1, is described. The procedure involves three reaction steps: (1) The acetal 1 is converted to 2-(1-bromoethyl)-2-bromomethyl-1,3-dioxolane, 2, by reacting 1 with elemental bromine in dichloromethane to yield 98% of 2. (2) Dehydrobromination of 2 with potassium tert-butoxide in tetrahydrofuran gives 2-bromomethyl-2-vinyl-1,3-dioxolane, 3, in 84–93% yield. (3) Removal of the acetal protection from 3 by formolysis for 6–10 h afforded 1-bromo-3-buten-2-one, 4, in 85–94% yield. A more rapid method is acid hydrolysis of 3 under microwave activation (100 °C, 8–10 min), by which 4 was obtained in 75% yield. Full experimental details are given.

Kinetics and mechanism of the thermal decomposition of 1-bromo-4-nitroxymethylcubane

The thermal decomposition kinetics of 1-bromo-4-nitroxymethylcubane in the liquid phase is typical of C-ONO₂ bond heterolysis, which occurs if the nitro ester has a strong donor substituent. A comparison between 1-bromo-4-nitroxymethylcubane and tert-butyl nitrate shows that bromocubyl is close to the tert-butyl group in induction properties and cubyl itself is a stronger donor than this group.     

Cyclopropanation of N-Substituted 2-Oxochromene- and 6-Bromo-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides with Zinc Enolates Derived from 1-Aryl-2,2-dibromoalkanones

Zinc enolates derived from 1-aryl-2,2-dibromoalkanones react with N-cyclohexyl-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides to give N-cyclohexyl-1-alkyl-1-aroyl-2-oxo-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromene-1a-carboxamides mainly as cis isomers with respect to the substituents in positions 1 and 1a. Reactions of the same zinc enolates with N-benzyl-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamide and N-benzyl-6-bromo-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamide lead to formation of 1-aryl-2-benzyl- and 1-aryl-2-benzyl-6-bromo-1-hydroxy-9c-alkyl-1,2,9b,9c-tetrahydro-5-oxa-2-azacyclopenta[2,3]cyclopropa[1,2-a]naphthalene-3,4-diones. The reaction of zinc enolates with N-aryl-2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides in a weakly polar solvent (diethyl ether or ethyl acetate) affords mixtures of cis-N-aryl-1-aroyl-1-alkyl-2-oxo-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromene-1a-carboxamides and their cyclic isomers, 9c-alkyl-1,2-diaryl-1-hydroxy-1,2,9b,9c-tetrahydro-5-oxa-2-azacyclopenta[2,3]cyclopropa[1,2-a]naphthalene-3,4-diones, the latter prevailing. N-Substituted 1-alkyl-1-aroyl-2-oxo-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromene-1a-carboxamides in which the aroyl group on C¹ and the carboxamide group on C^1a are arranged trans are formed by reactions of zinc enolates with the corresponding 2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides in the presence of hexamethylphosphoric triamide.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2005, pp. 539–546.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by V. Shchepin, Silaichev, R. Shchepin, Ezhikova, Kodess.     

Nature of solvation effects and mechanism of heterolysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-alkyl halides

Specificities of heterolysis of tert-alkyl halides in protic and aprotic solvents were analyzed. Values of log k ₂₅ for heterolysis of tert-butyl chloride, tert-butyl bromide, tert-butyl iodiede, 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane, 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane, 1-bromo-1-methylcyclopentane, 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane, 2-chloro-2-phenylpropane, 1-iodoadamantane, and 2-bromo-2-methyladamantane in 19 to 44 solvents, determined mostly by the verdazyl technique were collected. Correlation analysis of solvation effects was performed in terms of multiparameter equations based on the linear free energy relationship principle, as well as in the logk-E _T coordinates. The nature of solvation effects and mechanism of heterolysis of a covalent C-Hlg bond were discussed.