Liu, Michael T. H., and R. Bonneau. “Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Substituent Effects on the Rate of 1, 2-H Migration in a Series of Benzylchlorocarbenes”. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 114, no. 10, 1992, pp. 3604-7, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00036a003.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Liu, Michael T. H.
Author: Bonneau, R.
Date Issued
1992
Abstract

Laser flash photolysis of para-substituted 3-chloro-3-benzyldiazirines in isooctane produces the corresponding carbenes, which react with pyridine to form ylides or undergo 1,2-H migration to form the (Z)- and (E)-beta-chlorostyrenes. The rate for the 1,2-H migration is determined by plotting the pseudo-first-order rate constants for the growth of the ylide vs [pyridine] and extrapolating to zero pyridine concentration. In the case of (p-chlorobenzyl)chlorocarbene, the carbene decay can be monitored directly at 310 nm, whereas in [p-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]chlorocarbene, the 285-nm trace may bc analyzed as the sum of the absorption of the carbene and of the product beta-chlorostyrenes. A Hammett plot of the logarithms of the rate constants for 1,2-H migration vs sigma(p) values gave a rho-value of -1.0, consistent with a hydride-like 1,2-H shift to the carbene center. The rate constants for the cyclopropanation of carbenes with tetramethylethylene (TME) were determined. In particular, the cyclopropanation of (p-chlorobenzyl)chlorocarbene with TME gave a negative activation energy of -4.7 kcal mol-1.

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Source type: Electronic(1)

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • ALKENES
  • 1,2-HYDROGEN MIGRATION
  • Kinetics
  • REARRANGEMENT
  • PARAMETERS
  • ABSOLUTE RATE
  • ALKYLCHLOROCARBENES
  • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
  • ADDITIONS
Page range
3604-3607
Host Title
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Host Abbreviated Title
J.Am.Chem.Soc.
Volume
114
Issue
10
ISSN
0002-7863

Department