Jieun Lee, Min-Young Kim, I. Um
Jun 20, 2014
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Bulletin of The Korean Chemical Society
Abstract
Pseudo-first-order rate constants (kobsd) have been measured spectrophotometrically for the reactions of 5-nitro- 8-quinolyl nicotinate (4) and 5-nitro-8-quinolyl isonicotinate (5) with alkali metal ethoxides (EtOM; M = K, Na and Li) in anhydrous ethanol at 25.0 ± 0.1 o C. The plots of kobsd vs. (EtOM) curve slightly upward for the reactions with EtOK and EtONa but are linear for the reactions with EtOLi and for those with EtOK in the presence of 18-crown-6-ether. Dissection of kobsd into kEtOand kEtOM (i.e., the second-order rate constants for the reactions with the dissociated EtO - and ion-paired EtOM, respectively) has revealed that the reactivity increases in the order EtO - ≈ EtOLi < EtOK < EtONa for the reactions of 4 and EtOLi < EtO - < EtOK < EtONa for the reactions of 5. Comparison of the kinetic results for the reactions of 4 and 5 with those reported previously for the corresponding reactions of 5-nitro-8-quinolyl benzoate (2) and picolinate (3) has revealed that the esters possessing a pyridine ring (i.e., 3-5) are significantly more reactive than the benzoate ester 2 due to the presence of the electronegative N atom (e.g., 2 << 3 < 4 < 5). It has been concluded that M + ion catalyzes the reactions of 3-5 by increasing the electrophilicity of the reaction center through a five-membered cyclic transition state (TS) for the reaction of 3 and via a four-membered cyclic TS for the reactions of 4 and 5.