Substituent effects on the acidity of weak acids. 2. Calculated gas-phase acidities of substituted benzoic acids

To investigate the origin of substituent effects on the acidity of benzoic acids, the structures of a series of substituted benzoic acids and benzoates have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+G* and MP2/6-311+G* theoretical levels. The vibrational frequencies were calculated using B3LYP/6-311+G* and allowed corrections for the change in zero-point energies on ionization, and the change in energy on going from 0 K (corresponding to the calculations) to 298 K. A more satisfactory agreement with the experimental values was obtained by energy calculations at the MP2/ 6-311++G* level using the above structures. The resulting Delta H(acid) values agree very well with the experimental gas-phase acidities. The energies of compounds with pi-electron-accepting or -releasing substituents, rotated to give the transition state geometries, provided rotational barriers that could be compared with those found for the corresponding substituted benzenes. Isodesmic reactions allowed the separate examination of the substituent effects on the energies of the acids and on the anions. Electron-withdrawing groups stabilize the benzoate anions more than they destabilize the benzoic acids. Electron-donating groups stabilize the acids and destabilize the anions by approximately equal amounts. The gas-phase acidities of meta- and para-substituted benzoic acids are linearly related. This is also found for the acidities of substituted phenylacetic acids and benzoic acids. Since direct pi-electron interactions are not possible with the phenylacetic acids, this indicates that the acidities are mainly controlled by a field effect interaction between the charge distribution in the substituted benzene ring and the negative charge of the carboxylate group. The Hammett sigma(M) and sigma(P) values are also linearly related for many small substituents from NO(2) through the halogens and to OH and NH(2). Most of the other substituents fall on a line with a different slope     

Correlation of the acidity of substituted phenols,anilines, and benzoic acids calculated by MNDO,AM1, and PM3 with Hammett-type substituent constants

Heats of formation and net atomic charges of some 120 structures involving substituted phenols, anilines, and benzoic acids and the corresponding anions were calculated by MNDO, AM1, and PM3 semiempirical methods. The gas phase acidities of substituted phenols and anilines and the net atomic charges on the anionic heteroatoms of the corresponding anions have been successfully correlated with σ^? constants. Moreover, good correlations with σ were found for the charges on the acidic hydrogens of substituted phenols and anilines. In contrast, the gas phase acidities of substituted benzoic acids and the charges on the anionic oxygens of the corresponding anions are better correlated with Taft σ° constants. Comparisons of these results with experimental data and ab initio theoretical calculations indicate that AM1 and PM3 methods are much better than MNDO in predicting the acidity of aromatic compounds.     

Is the Hammett's constant free of steric effects?

In this work, we have explored the validity of the hypotheses on which rest the Hammett's approach to quantify the substituent effect on a reaction center, by applying two DFT energy decomposition schemes. This is performed by studying the change in the total electronic energy, ΔΔE, associated with a proton transfer isodesmic equilibrium. For this reaction, two sets of substituted benzoic acids and their corresponding benzoate anions have been considered. One of these sets contains para- and meta-substitutions, whereas the other one includes ortho-substituted benzoic acids. For each case, the gas phase change in the total electronic energy has been calculated, and two DFT energy decomposition schemes have been applied. The experimental σ(X) was found to be nearly proportional to the computed ΔΔE. The results for the para- and meta-substituted benzoic acids lead to the conclusion that it is possible to treat separately and, in an additive manner, the electrostatic and steric contributions; and also that the Hammett constant depends mainly on the electronic contributions to the free energy, while the steric contribution is negligible. However, the results for the ortho-substituted cases lead to the conclusion, as was assumed by Hammett, that there are significant qualitative differences between the effects on a reaction site of substituents in the meta- and para-positions and those in the ortho-position.     

取代苯甲酸羧基上H和O原子的部分电荷与Hammett常数之间的线性关系

采用密度泛函分析了取代苯甲酸中羧基上的H1原子和2个氧原子O2和O3的电荷与取代基的Hammett常数之间的线性关系. 比较了不同密度泛函和电荷计算方法B3LYP/6-311G*/(NBO, Mulliken), (BLYP, BP, PWC)/DNP/(Hirshfeld, Mulliken)对上述线性相关系数的影响. 结果表明, BLYP/DNP/Hirshfeld方法的计算精度高且计算速度快. 使用BLYP/DNP/Hirshfeld方法计算了70个取代苯甲酸的部分电荷, 发现H1, O2和O3原子的电荷与取代基Hammett常数σ_p和σ_m之间的线性相关系数可达到0.98以上, 其中O2的电荷和Hammett常数的线性相关性最好. O2的电荷值可以作为Hammett常数的替代, 用于结构性能定量分析, 也可以用于预测取代基的Hammett常数.     

Generation and reactions of substituted phenide anions in an electrospray triple quadrupole mass spectrometer

Substituted benzoic acid anions undergo decarboxylation in the medium-pressure region of an electrospray ion source yielding in most cases the correspondingly substituted phenide anions in high yield. The location of the anionic center is specified by the position of the carboxylic group. The only exceptions are compounds with substituents containing acidic hydrogen atoms, like OH and NH(2) groups. For such compounds, either an intra- or an intermolecular (mediated by the molecules of methanol or water) proton transfer from the more acidic position to the benzene ring is observed. The generated anions can be selected using the first quadrupole for studying their ion-molecule chemistry in the second quadrupole of a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Their reactions with CO(2), O(2), CH(3)COCH(3) and CCl(4) may serve as typical examples. The general applicability of this method for the generation of phenide anions has been confirmed on three different mass spectrometers. Experiments performed using carboxylic acids other then benzoic acid and its derivatives show that this method is not limited to phenide anions and can be used for the generation of a much wider range of carbanions in the gas phase.     

Studies on 4,7-di-substitution effects of one ligand in [Ru(phen)3]2+ with DFT method

Studies on the complex [Ru(phen)3]2+ (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) and its derivatives with 4,7-di-substitution on one ligand(phen) were carried out using the DFT method at the B3LYP/LanL2DZ level of theory. The trends in the substituent effects caused by the electron-pushing group (OH) and the electron-withdrawing group (F), on the electronic structures and the related properties, for example, the energies and the components of some frontier molecular orbitals, the spectroscopy properties, and the net charge populations of some main atoms of the complexes, etc., have been investigated. The computational results show that the substituents have some interesting effects on the electronic structures and the related properties of the complexes. First, according to the analysis of components of LUMO of the complexes, the electron-withdrawing group (F) can activate the main ligand (the substituted ligand, i.e., 2R-phen) and passivate the coligands, on the contrary, the electron-pushing group (OH) can activate the coligands and passivate the main ligand in the first electronic excited states of complexes. Second, both the electron-pushing group (OH) and the electron-withdrawing group (F) can cause a red shift in the electronic ground bands. Third, the characteristics of the atomic net charge populations on the main ligand can also be analyzed in detail by means of a schematic map expressed by several series of arrowheads based on the law of polarity alternation and the idea of polarity interference. The most negative charges are populated on N1, the next most net negative charges are populated on C3 among the skeleton atoms for the three complexes, etc. The computational results can be better used to explain some experimental phenomena and trends.     

取代基对苯腈类低聚物几何及电子特征的影响

用半经验量化计算研究了一系列苯腈类低聚合物的几何结构及其电子特征。苯腈类低聚合物几何结构的计算采用半经验量子化学计算和分子力学构象分析相结合的方法,而电子特征则的计算采用ＺＩＮＤＯ／Ｓ－ＣＩ方法。取代基包括甲氧基、甲基、羟基、氨基、氟和硝基。它们在苯环上可以采用邻位、间位和对位三个取代位置。计算结果表明,不同的基团在苯环上采用不同的取代位置时,低聚物的构象会存在一定的差别,而且电性会随着基团的得失     

A relativistic study of the electronic and magnetic properties of cerocene and thorocene and its anions

In this study, we evaluated the importance of the relativistic effects on the optical and magnetic properties of cerocene and thorocene and its corresponding anions. The optimized molecular structures show D(8h) symmetry for all systems, in good agreement with the experimental data. Atomic charges were analyzed using different approaches (Mulliken, AIM, multipole, and NBO), and the results suggest that the net charge on the thorium is greater than on the cerium atom; however, none of the methodologies were able to predict the expected net charge Ce(III) and Th(IV) atoms. However, by an energy decomposition analysis, a significant electrostatic, ionic, interaction, ~58% and ~61%, was found between the metal and the COT(2-) rings, respectively. The calculated electronic excitations are underestimated in comparison with the experimental data, while the calculated EPR g-tensors are in agreement with previous theoretical and experimental data. Besides, the NICS analysis shows an increased ring electron delocalization due to the lanthanide and actinide metals.     

The effect of substitution on reorganization energy and charge mobility in metal free phthalocyanine

To gain insight into how the electronic properties of discotic organic materials may be modified through substitution, the reorganization energy and the charge mobility of metal free phthalocyanine, and of several mono-substituted derivatives, are studied by electronic structure methods. It is found that the reorganization energy of phthalocyanine is not significantly changed by substitution on an outer phenyl ring, but is more strongly influenced when the inner crown amine ring is substituted. The relationship between reorganization energy and substituent is studied through the use of; substituent constant, HOMO energy, and geometry relaxation. The computed charge mobility shows stronger relationship to coupling matrix element than reorganization energy. A hybrid computational screening method in which the reorganization energy is calculated at the DFT level and the coupling matrix element is calculated at the AM1 level shows good predicting power for trends in charge mobility at reduced computational expense.     

Kinetic investigation on the reactions of p‐toluenesulfonyl chloride with p‐substituted benzoic acid(s) in the presence of triethylamine in aprotic solvents

Second‐order rate constants of the reactions of p‐toluenesulfonyl chloride with p‐substituted benzoic acids in the presence of triethylamine in acetonitrile/acetone under equimolar and pseudo‐first‐order conditions have been determined by the conductometric method using the Guggenheim principle at 25, 30, 35, and 40°C. The reactions follow second order with respect to the whole and first order with respect to each of the reactants. The order of reactivity of the substituents in benzoic acid is rationalized. Activation parameters are obtained by applying the usual methods. The Hammett plot has been found nonlinear, whereas the Bronsted plot shows good correlation. This may be explained on the basis of electronic effects of substituents on the reaction center. Kinetic data and the product analyses indicate that the reaction proceeds through direct nucleophilic attack on the sulfur center. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 41: 303–308, 2009     

AM1 semiempirical searching for suitable thiophene derivatives that will enable thiophenes to act as a diene in the diels-alder reactions

The AM1 semiempirical method was used for theoretical searching of activation of thiophene as a diene for the Diels-Alder reaction. The reactivity of thiophene, electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituted thiophenes, as well as the S-methylthiophenium ion were studied as the diene for Diels-Alder reactions by evaluating their frontier orbital energies and by calculating reaction barriers with activated and deactivated dienophiles. It was demonstrated that slight activation of the thiophene ring can be obtained with both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups attached to the thiophene ring. It was predicted that the actual transformation of thiophenes into the corresponding S-methylthiophenium anions is the best means of activating the thiophenes. The calculated activation energies for normal (non-activated) dienophiles are moderate so mild reaction conditions are predicted. If dienophiles are activated with electron-donating substituents, AM1 calculations predict a two step cycloaddition reaction with a very small activation barrier.     

Carboxylate–phenolate tautomerism in 5‐[(nitrophenyl)diazenyl]salicylate anions

Aryldiazenyl derivatives of salicylic acid and their salts are used as dyes. In these structures, the carboxylate groups are engaged in short contacts with the cations and in hydrogen bonds with water molecules, if present. If both O atoms of the carboxylate group take part in such interactions, the negative charge is delocalized over the two atoms. In the absence of hydrogen bonds and contacts with cations, the negative charge is localized on one of the O atoms. In the crystal structures of tetramethylammonium 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐(4‐nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzoate and tetramethylammonium 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐(2‐nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzoate, both C₄H₁₂N⁺·C₁₃H₈N₃O₅⁻, all the interactions between the cations and anions are weak, and their effect on the geometry of the anions is negligible. Under these conditions, the 2‐nitro‐substituted anion is an almost pure phenol–carboxylate tautomer, whereas in the 4‐nitro‐substituted anion, the phenolic H atom is shifted towards the carboxylate group, and thus the structure of this anion is intermediate between the phenol–carboxylate and phenolate–carboxylic acid tautomeric forms. The probable formation of such an intermediate form is supported by quantum chemical calculations. Being the characteristic feature of this form, a short distance between the phenolic and carboxylate O atoms is observed in the 4‐nitro‐substituted anion, as well as in the structures of some 3,5‐dinitrosalicylates reported in the literature.     

Redox regulation of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B): a biomimetic study on the unexpected formation of a sulfenyl amide intermediate

The effect of steric and electronic environments around the sulfur and nitrogen atoms and the role of nonbonded S...O/N interactions on the cyclization reactions of amide substituted benzene sulfenic acids are described. The reaction profiles and the role of different substituents on the cyclization are investigated in detail by theoretical calculations. It is shown that the synthetic thiols having ortho-amide substituents may serve as good models for the enforced proximity of the amide and cysteine thiol groups at the active site of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). However, some of the sulfenic acids derived from such models do not effectively mimic the cyclization of protein sulfenic acids. This is mainly due to the requirement of very high energy for breaking the S-O bond to form a planar five-membered ring of isothiazolidinone. It is shown that the sulfenic acid having two substituents-an amide moiety and a heterocyclic group-in the ortho-positions undergoes a rapid cyclization reaction to produce the corresponding sulfenyl amide species. These studies reveal that the introduction of a substituent at the 6-position of the benzene ring enhances the cyclization process not only by facilitating a closer approach of the -OH group and the backbone -NH moiety but also by increasing the electrophilicity of the sulfur atom in the sulfenic acid.     

The solvent effect on the reaction constants of tert-butyl radical addition to 2-substituted allyl chlorides

The ρ values of free radical S_H2′ reactions have been determined in various solvents. The correlation of Hammett ρ with Taft's π* gives a W value of 0.70. The W value is a measure of susceptibility of the reaction constant to change in solvent polarity. However, the W value is 2.64 in the dissociation reactions of substituted benzoic acids. The free radical reactions are less susceptible to the solvent effect than ionic reactions and this could be rationalized in terms of the partial charge formed in the transition state of free radical reaction is less than that of heterolytic reaction. The ρ values in S_H2′ reactions might not reflect truly the partial charge separation at transition state, however, it might be a measure of the susceptibility of the reaction to the electronic effect of the substituents.     

三硝基苯-对位取代苯酚负离子荷移复合物从头算研究

运用G94W量子化学程序,在HF/3-21G基组水平上对三硝基苯-对位取代苯酚(取代基:CH~3O-,CH~3-,Cl-)负离子的电荷转移复合物进行从头计算。把电荷转移复合物看成一个超分子,研究该系列复合物的稳定性、电荷转移及几何构型等规律。计算结果表明,苯酚负离子供电中心O沿一倾角指向三硝基苯中的任意相邻两个硝基之间的C位置上,复合物的稳定性按对位取代苯酚取代基CH~3O-,CH~3-,Cl-的次序减小,与实验规律相一致。计算结果还表明,形成该系列复合物具有明显的电荷转移,其稳定性与电荷转移量有关等。     

Isolation and X-ray structures of labile benzoic- and acetic-acidium carbocations

New carbocationic salts (via O-protonation of substituted benzoic acids) are prepared for the first time by controlled hydration of the corresponding benzoylium salts and isolated in pure crystalline form. Precise X-ray structural analyses reveal the rather unexpected (electronic) structure of the carboxylic-acidium functionality.     

Synthesis and spectroscopic investigations of iron(III) complexes with chlorides and dianionic,symmetrically halogen substituted phthalocyanines as ligands

The synthesis of iron(III) complexes of general formula FeCl(R-pc), where R-pc are dianionic, symmetrically halogen substituted phthalocyanines at the positions 2,9,16,23 or 1,8,15,22, from the corresponding amino substituted derivatives is described (R=Cl, Br, I). The complexes are characterized by UV-visible and infrared spectra, powder X-ray diffraction and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The effect of substituents at the periphery and the basicity of the solvents used on the electronic spectra are discussed. The Q band of the electronic spectra for symmetrically halogen substituted derivatives are redshifted and the substituents at 2,9,16,23- positions are more effective in redshifting the Q bands than those at 1,8,15,22-positions. Depending upon the basicity of the solvents, the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) transitions on Q band envelop shift to the higher energy region in the order of pyridine>DMF>DMSO. The infrared absorption signals for C-H and metal-ligand vibrations appear to be sharper for 1,8,15,22 substituted derivatives than for 2,9,16,23 substituted ones.     

Studies on the Structures and Spectra of Benzothiophene Oligomers

Theoretical studies on a series of oligobenzothiophenes were carded out with the AM 1 and DFT methods. Based on B3LYP/6-31G（D） optimized geometries, the electronic spectra, IR spectra and NMR spectra of the oligomers were calculated by INDO/CIS, AM1 and B3LYP/6-31G（D） methods, respectively. The energy gaps decrease, and the absorption in elec- tronic spectra exhibits a red-shift as polymerization increases. The IR frequencies are little affected by the polymerization and substituents. The ^13C chemical shifts are changed to be upfield since the electron-donating groups increase the electron density of carbon atoms but remain unchanged with the increase of polymerization.     

Isoparametricity phenomenon and kinetic enthalpy-entropy compensation effect: Experimental evidence obtained by investigating pyridine-catalyzed reactions of phenyloxirane with benzoic acids

The joint effect of structure and temperature on the rate and free activation energy of reactions between phenyloxirane and substituted benzoic acids catalyzed by substituted pyridines in acetonitrile has been investigated. A correlation analysis of the results of a multifactor kinetic experiment indicates the additivity of the joint effects of structural factors (substituents X in pyridines and substituents Y in benzoic acids) and of the effects of the substituents Y and temperature. Intensive interaction (nonadditivity) is observed between the effects of the substituents X and temperature. This fact has provided experimental evidence for the existence of the enthalpy-entropy compensation aspect of the isoparametricity phenomenon: at the isoparametric temperature point (isokinetic temperature), the rate (free activation energy) of the process is independent of the structure of the substituent X because of the existence of an enthalpy-entropy compensation effect; on passing through this point, an inversion of the effect of X on the catalytic activity of pyridines takes place (isoparametricity paradox). At the isoparametric point with respect to the substituent X constant, there is no temperature effect on the reaction rate because of the activation enthalpy being close to zero. The isoparametric properties of a cross series of reactions are used to describe the mechanism of the pyridine-catalyzed opening of the oxirane ring.