ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Decarboxylation of 6-nitrobenzisoxazole-3-carboxylate ion and cyclization of o-3-halopropyloxyloxyphenoxide ion (PhY7) (Y = Br, I) are accelerated by aqueous cationic and zwitterionic micelles. For cationic micelles the rate enhancements (kM′kW′) increase with increasing bulk of the surfactant head groups but are largest for decarboxylation. There are good linear free energy relationships between micellar effects on these reactions and the plots of log kM′ for cyclization against log kM′ for decarboxylation have slopes of 0.46 and 0.64 for Y = Br and I, respectively. Surfactants that have twin tail or tri-N-alkylbenzyloxy head groups do not fit the relationship. Despite mechanistic differences between decarboxylation and cyclization (an intramolecular SN2 reaction), similar factors control micellar effects on these reactions. In the absence of surfactant there is only a qualitative relationship between free energies of activation of cyclization and decarboxylation in different solvents.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610040202
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