Effect Of Disubstitution Research Articles

Bicyclo[3.2.1]octanone catalysts for asymmetric alkene epoxidation: the effect of disubstitution

A series of 2-fluoro-8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-ones are prepared and tested as catalysts for alkene epoxidation with Oxone®. These catalysts provide trans-stilbene oxide with up to 83% ee, but the highest ee value is obtained with the monofluorinated ketone 2: both 2,2- and 2,4-disubstituted catalysts afford epoxide of lower ee.

Enthalpies of formation of methoxybenzoic acids and their dependence on structure

The energy of combustion of 2,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid has been determined using a static bomb calorimeter. The vapor pressures of the compound have been measured over a 18 K temperature interval by the Knudsen effusion technique. Heat capacity measurements betweenT=270 K andT=338 K were carried out by DSC. From these experimental results the standard molar enthalpies of combustion, sublimation, and formation in the crystalline and gaseous state at the temperature 298.15 K have been derived. With this compound, the series of mono- and dimethoxy-benzoic acids have been completed. Theirδf H m o values were expressed by an additive relationship, taking into account the number of methoxy groups and the number of all 1,2 interactions: an accuracy of 3.3 kJ·mol−1 was achieved. In an alternative approach the substituent effect of the methoxy groups was evaluated within the framework of isodesmic reactions. The effect of disubstitution was referred to mono derivatives and the excess energy—the so-called buttressing effect—was evaluated (2–24 kJ· mol−1 for individual bis derivatives). These values were explained in terms of the conformation of the methoxy group around the Car-O bond.

Chemometrical Analysis of Substituent Effects. III. Additivity of Substituent Effects in Dissociation of 3,4-Disubstituted Benzoic Acids in Organic Solvents

Sixteen 3,4-disubstituted benzoic acids (with all combinations of CH3O, CH3, Cl/Br, and NO2 substituents) have been synthesized and their dissociation constants measured in seven organic solvents (methanol, acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, pyridine, 1,2-dichloroethane). The effect of disubstitution and the validity of additive correlation relationships based on the Hammett equation have been analyzed by means of the analysis of variance, comparison of overall residual standard deviations of correlation equations of additive and additive multiplicative type, and application of the Hammett equation with internal (latent, defined in various ways) parameters and external (taken from literature) parameters describing the substituent effects. The effect of disubstitution has been found to be additive and describable within the validity range of the substituent constants adopted - by applying the additivity principle without any additional correction for interactions between the two substituents. The same conclusion has been drawn from the comparison of overall residual deviations in correlation equations for mono- and disubstituted derivatives. The analysis of differences between the reaction constants of the Hammett equation applied to mono- and disubstituted benzoic acids has shown that in organic solvents the solvation of substituents makes various contributions. The substituent influence is stronger in polar aprotic solvents (acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethylformamide, acetonitrile) than that in the protic, basic, and less polar ones in which the stabilization by hydrogen bond becomes important, the role of proton donor being played either by the solvent itself (methanol) or by its conjugated acid (pyridine) or by a molecule of the dissociating acid as a consequence of homoconjugation (1,2-dichloroethane).

Chemometrical Analysis of Substituent Effects. IV. Additivity of Substituent Effects in Dissociation of 3,5-Disubstituted Benzoic Acids in Organic Solvents

Ten 3,5-disubstituted benzoic acids have been synthesized containing all possible combinations of the following substituents: CH3O, CH3, Cl/Br, NO2. The dissociation constants of these acids have been measured in seven organic solvents (methanol, acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, pyridine, 1,2-dichloroethane). It has been found that the effect of disubstitution is smaller than that due to interaction of substituents or their solvation and represents only about 0.2% of the effect caused by the individual substituents. The additivity in 3,5-disubstitution is about 2 - 3 times as good as that in 3,4-disubstitution. The quantitative description of substituent effects at the 3 and 5 positions is additive within the range of validity of the Hammett equation irrespective of the type of the substituent constants adopted, the addition of the multiplicative term being statistically insignificant. The solvent effect on 3,4- and 3,5-disubstituted derivatives is somewhat different at the same value of the reaction constant, due predominantly to the specific solvation of the 4-CH3O and 4-NO2 groups.

Effect of some electron-withdrawing substituents from the meta- and para-positions in aromatic nucleophilic replacement reactions

Arrhenius parameters have been measured for the reactions of 3- and 4-trifluoromethyl-, 3,5-bistrifluoromethyl-, and 3- and 4-methylsulphonyl-fluorobenzenes with methoxide ions in methanol. In the meta-series, the log A function is characteristic of the group present, and a comparison with the Arrhenius parameters for the reactions of 3-X-5-nitrobenzenes shows that the effect of disubstitution on the activation energies and the free energies of activation is not additive.Evidence is presented for the operation of a –E effect in reactions involving the p-methylsulphonyl and p-trifluoromethyl groups.