Kinetic studies of nucleophilic substitution of various halothiadiazoles with methoxide ion

A number of halo-substituted 1,2,3 and 1,3,4-thiadiozoles have been prepared, their reactivity towards methoxide ion have been studied and the kinetic parameters are reported.     

Formation of linkage isomers via the substitution of halides by selenocyanate in ruthenium(III) complexes

Summary Substitution of the halide ion of [Ru(NH₃)₅X]²⁺ (X=Cl^– or Br^–) by SeCN^– was monitored spectrophotometrically between 45 and 60° C in aqueous medium. The pseudo-first order rate constants were evaluated by Guggenheim's procedure, which shows linearity for 2–3 half-lives. The rate increases linearly with [SeCN^–] and all the plots have a positive intercept on the rate axis. The SeCN^–-independent path represents aquation and the SeCN^–-dependent path represents anation of the aqua complex with simultaneous formation of two isomeric (the N bonded and the Se bonded) products. The formation of the isomeric products is entropy controlled.     

Abnormal nucleophilic substitution of 3-trichloromethylpyridines by methoxide

3-Trichloromethylpyridine and its α-chlorinated derivatives behave as ambident electrophilic substrates towards methoxide which attacks an α-position and the trichloromethyl group.     

On the reaction of methoxide ion with bromoiodothiophenes

The reaction of 3-bromo-2-iodothiophene with sodium methoxide in methanol, pyridine or hexamethylphosphoric triamide and the same reaction of 4-bromo-2-iodo- and 4-bromo-3-iodo-thiophene in pyridine led to a halogen-dance, giving the same mixture of 3-bromothiophene, bromo-iodothiophenes, diiodo-bromothiophenes and triiodo-bromothiophenes. The reaction of all three isomeric bromo-iodothiophenes with sodium methoxide in methanol in the presence of cupric oxide gave 4-bromo-2-methoxythiophene.     

Conformation analysis of isomers of imidoyl halides

The possible mechanisms of the intramolecular syn-anti isomerization of imidoyl halides have been analyzed with the aid of nonempirical quantum-chemical calculations. In the liquid phase isomerization can occur after a preliminary step of ionization with the formation of nitrilium cations. The conformational features have been studied by the methods of molecular mechanics, the differences between the energies of the syn and anti isomers of a number of imidoyl halides and closely related azomethines have been calculated, and the relative equilibrium concentrations of the isomeric forms at 298°K have been evaluated.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Eksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 153–159, March–April, 1985.     

A computational study of halomethyllithium carbenoid mixed aggregates with lithium halides and lithium methoxide

Density functional theory calculations were used to examine the formation of lithium halide and lithium alkoxide mixed aggregates with halomethyllithium carbenoids. These mixed aggregates may be the important intermediates in carbenoid reactions where lithium halides are formed as byproducts, or when the mixture has been exposed to small amounts of air. The calculations showed that in the gas phase and in THF solution, mixed dimers, trimers, and tetramers may coexist with free lithium carbenoids, depending on the lithium salt. The calculations also indicated that mixed aggregates may influence the activation free energies of cyclopropanation reactions of lithium carbenoids.     

The reversible consecutive mechanism for the reaction of trinitroanisole with methoxide ion

Although the competitive mechanism for Meisenheimer complex formation during the reaction of 2,4,6-trinitroanisole with methoxide ion in methanol is generally accepted, no kinetic evidence has been presented to rule out a reversible consecutive mechanism. Simulation of the competitive mechanism revealed that a fractional order in [MeO(-)] is predicted by the latter. Conventional pseudo-first-order analysis of the kinetics resulted in cleanly first-order in [MeO(-)], which rules out the competitive mechanism. The kinetic data are consistent with the reversible consecutive mechanism, which is proposed for this important reaction. An intermediate is required for this mechanism, and we propose that a dianion complex (III) is formed reversibly from the initial 1,3-σ complex (I). The trimethoxy complex (III), the (1)H NMR spectrum of which was observed earlier by Servis (Servis, K. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1965, 87, 5495; 1967, 89, 1508), then eliminates methoxide ion reversibly to form the 1,1-σ complex product (II).     

Gas-phase identity nucleophilic substitution reactions of cyclopropenyl halides

The gas-phase identity nucleophilic substitution reactions of halide anions (X = F, Cl, and Br) with cyclopropenyl halides, X(-) + (CH)(3)X <= => X(CH)(3) + X(-), are investigated theoretically at four levels of theory, B3LYP/6-311+G**, MP2/6-311+G**, G2(+)MP2//MP2/6-311+G**, and G2(+)//MP2/6-311+G**. Four types of reaction paths, the sigma-attack S(N)2, pi-attack S(N)2'-syn, and S(N)2'-anti and sigmatropic 1,2-shift, are possible for all the halides. In the fluoride anion reactions, two types of stable adducts, syn- and anti-1,2-difluorocyclopropyl anions, can exist on the triple-well-type potential energy surface of the identity substitution reactions with rearrangement of double bond (C=C), S(N)2'-syn, and S(N)2'-anti processes. The TSs for the sigma-attack S(N)2 paths have "open" (loose) structures so that the ring positive charges are high rendering strong aromatic cyclopropenyl (delocalized) cation-like character. In contrast, in the pi-attack S(N)2' paths, a lone pair is formed at the unsubstituted carbon (C3), which stabilizes the 1,2-dihalocyclopropyl (delocalized) anion-like TS by two strong n(C)-sigma*(C-F) vicinal charge-transfer delocalization interactions. The barrier height increases in the order S(N)2'-anti < sigma-attack S(N)2 < S(N)2'-syn for X = Cl and Br, whereas for X = F the order is changed to S(N)2'-anti < S(N)2'-syn < sigma-attack S(N)2 due to the stable difluoro adduct formation. The sigmatropic 1,2-shift (circumambulatory) reactions have high activation barriers and cannot interfere with the substitution reactions.     

碱金属卤化物与NaA分子筛之间的固态离子交换反应

在低于碱金属卤化物熔点的温度下热处理碱金属卤化物和脱水NaA分子筛干混样品时,一部分分散到分子筛内孔的金属离子能够与脱水分子筛进行程度不同的固态离子交换反应,生成的非挥发性NaCl产物将扩散到分子筛笼外单独结晶或剩余的原卤化物形成溶体.热处理温度愈度,离子交换度愈大;在一定温度下热处理干混样品,存在最大离子交换度.     

A novel method for the construction of (z,e)- or (z,z)-conjugated alkadienyl carboxylates

[reaction: see text] The stereocontrolled dehydrobromination of 1,2-dibromoethyl carboxylates giving (Z)-2-bromovinyl carboxylates could readily be approached by using DBU and a catalytic amount of hydroquinone as a base at -78 degrees C. The first investigation on the Suzuki-type cross-coupling of (Z)-2-bromovinyl carboxylates as electrophiles with stereodefined alkenylboronic acids provides a novel method for the construction of (Z,E)- or (Z,Z)-conjugated alkadienyl carboxylate moieties, which are often present in a range of natural products.     

Molar volumes and ion pairing of lithium halides in alcohols

The concentration dependence of the apparent molar volumes of lithium halides (and electrolytes in general) in alcohols (and solvents permitting association in general) is, in the first instance, due to changes in the degree of association and to the inherent difference between the apparent molar volumes of the ions and of the ion pairs. Previous publications on the molar volumes of electrolytes in organic solvents, disregarding altogether ion pairing, appear to be incorrect. Data from the literature for lithium chloride and lithium bromide in normal primary alcohols and several branched alcohols from C₁ to C₈ and data from our laboratory for lithium halides in 1-hexanol and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol served for the determination of φ _V and φ _E . Electrical and structural contributions to the values of these functions for the ions and for the ion pairs are discussed.     

Reactivity of 4-nitro- and 4-nitro-7-halogeno-2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles toward methoxide ion

4-Nitro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole reacted with sodium methoxide (0.1-1 M) in methanol yielding 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4, 7-dione monoxime (syn+anti). Methoxy-dehalogenation of 4-nitro-7-halogeno-derivatives yielded 4-nitro-7-methoxy-2,1,3-benzothadiazole under similar conditions. In both eases transitions attributable to the formation of Meisenheimer complexes were detected.     

Substitution reactions in the secondary ion mass spectrometry of N-methylpyridinium halides

Secondary ion mass spectra of N-methylpyridinium halides (C⁺X^?, where C⁺ is a pyridinium cation and X^? is a halogen anion) exhibit the C⁺ ions, a series of cluster ions ((C⁺)_n(X^?)_n–1) and, furthermore, remarkable [CX – R]⁺ ions (R = H or Me). The mechanism of the formation of [CX – R]⁺ ions was investigated by the use of deuterated compounds and B/E and B²/E constant linked-scan measurements. A possible explanation is proposed in which the ions are produced through substitution reactions between species constituting the C₂X⁺ cluster ions in the gas phase.