取代基效应定量研究新进展

综述了最近20多年有机化学取代基效应定量研究所取得的诸多新进展.主要内容包括：（1）电负性均衡原理得到普遍认同并用于计算分子中电荷分布和基团的诱导效应,分子电负性计算方法在几何平均法、调和平均法、加权平均法的基础上又提出了价电子均衡方法,进一步扩展了电负性均衡原理的应用范围.（2）试剂亲电、亲核能力的实验测定,提出了以二苯甲基正离子和醌甲基化合物等作为参考化合物的标定方法,其研究范围被扩展到气相条件、有机金属反应和自由基体系,得到一系列试剂的亲核参数N和亲电参数E.理论上提出亲电性指数和亲核性指数的概念及其定量计算公式,并对实验测定参数和理论计算指数之间的关系进行了深入研究.（3）极化效应参数从最初的经验方法,进而采用量子化学方法计算,再用统计方法提出了烷基极化效应指数PEI和基团极化效应参数PEIX,被广泛用于解释和估算有机化合物的气相酸碱性、电离能、生成焓、键能、反应速率、水溶解性和色谱保留值.（4）直接由取代苯的紫外光谱吸收能量计算得到的取代基激发态参数exCC,不同于取代基在分子处于基态的极性参数和自由基状态下的自旋离域效应参数,该参数用于对位二取代苯、取代二苯乙烯、二取代氮苄叉苯胺等多类有机化合物紫外光谱的定量相关,结果良好.（5）立体屏蔽效应的提出区分了传统的三种立体效应.在羰基与亲核试剂加成反应立体选择性定量表示,提出了立体选择性指数Ci;在表示基团对反应中心表面积屏蔽的定量提出了屏蔽参数SR,进一步基于反应中心体积被屏蔽的角度提出了拓扑立体效应指数TSEI,这些参数在分子内二面角、反应的立体选择性、烯烃和烷基苯的生成焓、咪唑离子液体的酸性以及烷烃与羟基自由基的反应速率等方面得到良好的应用.此外,论文还对有机化学取代基效应定量研究中值得进一步深入探索的领域和问题提出了建议和展望.     

How does the s(E + N) equation work? Comparisons with a modified Swain–Scott equation (E + sN) and revision of the N1 scale of solvent nucleophilicity

Modifications of the Swain–Scott equation (log k/k₀) = sn) give an equation log k₁ = (E + sN₁′); k₁ is the rate constant, E is an electrophilicity parameter, N₁′ is a solvent nucleophilicity parameter and s is an electrophile‐specific sensitivity parameter. The equation is tested using over 300 published first‐order rate constants (k₁) for decay of a range of benzhydrylium cations in various solvents, on which the published N₁ scale of solvent nucleophilicity is based (S. Minegishi, S. Kobayashi and H. Mayr, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5174–5181) using the alternative equation log k = s(E + N₁), in which s is a nucleophile‐specific parameter. The modified (E + sN₁′) equation provides a revised N₁′ scale of solvent nucleophilicity, and a more precise fit, with less than half the number of adjustable parameters. It is found that the sensitivities of the benzhydrylium cations to changes in solvent nucleophilicity decrease slightly as reactivity increases, in contrast to s(E + N) equations, which show no trends in s values. It is proposed that more reliable N scales can be defined using (E + sN), because N is determined directly from definitions, and residual errors (e.g. experimental or due to solvation effects) can be incorporated into the slope and intercept. The complex reasons for the success of equations of the type log k = s(E + N) are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Can Propagation Reaction in Carbocationic Polymerization and Copolymerization of Styrene be Diffusion Controlled ?

Summary: The reactivity ratios r₁ and r₂ in copolymerizations of styrene and parasubstituted styrenes, for which r₁ = 1/r₂, are in contradiction with diffusion control for their propagation reactions. The cross propagation rate constants k_12copol in copolymerization of styrene with p-chlorostyrene, p-methylstyrene and p-methoxystyrene have been shown to increase with their nucleophilicity parameter N. This is also not compatible with diffusion controlled cross propagation and propagation, but agrees with similar rate constants of propagation for these monomers. The capping rate constants k_12capp of reactions of poly(p-methylstyrene)^± and poly(p-methoxystyrene)^± with π-nucleophiles also increase with N, but with a much larger selectivity. This shows that k_12copol and k_12capp are not identical. The k, from 10⁹ to 6 10⁹ L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹, obtained with p-chlorostyrene, styrene and p-methylstyrene by the Diffusion Clock (DC) method are not consistent with those derived from the ionic species concentration (ISC method) for indene, 2,4,6-trimethylstyrene and p-methoxystyrene of the order of 10⁴ – 10⁵ L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹, also measured for living polymerization. These last values are in agreement with those measured previously in nonliving systems, and with an approximate compensation between the reactivity of a monomer and that of the corresponding carbocation.