5,5-acetal equilibria

J.P. Guthrie, Carbonyl addition reactions Factors affecting the hydrate-hemiacetal and hemiacetal-acetal equilibrium constants. Can. J. Chem. 53 (1975) 898-906. 

The key to this problem is that the above reaction will not take place unless is present to catalyze the reaction. By using a cation-exchange column in the Li form, water in the acetone can be separated chromatographically from the acetone. A H -form column placed in series then catalyzes the cinnamaldehyde-acetal equilibrium shift that is necessary for detection of the water. Reaction with methanol to form water is also catalyzed in this second column, but separation of the acetone and initial water has already taken place in the first column. 

Fig. (4). Ketone and acetal equilibrium of pseudoanisatin-type sesquiterpenes 12 and 25 - 26, and acetal sesquiterpenes 27 - 29...

Berthdot and Pean de St. Gilled made the first exact measurements on the ethanol-acetic acid-ethyl acetate equilibrium and determined the equilibrium point, llidr results showM that the reaction was reverdble and that the extent of reaction depended on the relative amounts of each compound present. The equilibrium constant for the reaction is... 

Cellulose acetate equilibrium Free diffusion 10,000-50,000 In acetone calculated H... 

Reactions with Carbonyls. The chemistry of 1,3-propanediol (1) is dominated by acetal formation." Its ketone acetals show differential hydrolytic stability cyclopentanone acetals hydrolyze faster than cyclohexanone acetals, and both hydrolyze faster than ethylene glycol-derived acetals (Table 1). The ketone-acetal equilibrium lies far to the left. Its aldehyde... 

Two additional illustrations are given in Figures 6 and 7 which show fugacity coefficients for two binary systems along the vapor-liquid saturation curve at a total pressure of 1 atm. These results are based on the chemical theory of vapor-phase imperfection and on experimental vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary systems. In the system formic acid (1) - acetic acid (2), <() (for y = 1) is lower than formic acid at 100.5°C has a stronger tendency to dimerize than does acetic acid at 118.2°C. Since strong dimerization occurs between all three possible pairs, (fij and not... 

Directly from the corresponding acid and alcohol, in the presence of a dehydrating agent. Thus when ethanol and acetic acid are mixed, ethyl acetate and water are formed, but in addition an equilibrium is established. 

When esters such as ethyl acetate are shaken with water, hydrolysis slowly occurs, and ultimately an equilibrium is attained ... 

Acetylation with acetic anhydride is comparatively expensive because of the cost of the reagent. The use of the inexpensive glacial acetic acid depends upon the displacement of the reversible equilibrium ... 

Acetic acid and other carboxylic acids are protonated in superacids to form stable carboxonium ions at low temperatures. Cleavage to related acyl cations is observed (by NMR) upon raising the temperature of the solutions. In excess superacids a diprotonation equilibrium, indicated by theoretical calculations, can play a role in the ionization process. 

Evidence from the viscosities, densities, refractive indices and measurements of the vapour pressure of these mixtures also supports the above conclusions. Acetyl nitrate has been prepared from a mixture of acetic anhydride and dinitrogen pentoxide, and characterised, showing that the equilibria discussed do lead to the formation of that compound. The initial reaction between nitric acid and acetic anhydride is rapid at room temperature nitric acid (0-05 mol 1 ) is reported to be converted into acetyl nitrate with a half-life of about i minute. This observation is consistent with the results of some preparative experiments, in which it was found that nitric acid could be precipitated quantitatively with urea from solutions of it in acetic anhydride at —10 °C, whereas similar solutions prepared at room temperature and cooled rapidly to — 10 °C yielded only a part of their nitric acid ( 5.3.2). The following equilibrium has been investigated in detail ... 

The equilibrium constant K, the rate constants and and the dependences of all these quantities on temperature were determined. In the absence of added acetic acid, the conversion of nitric acid into acetyl nitrate is almost quantitative. Therefore, to obtain at equilibrium a concentration of free nitric acid sufficiently high for accurate analysis, media were studied which contained appreciable concentrations (c. 4 mol 1 ) of acetic acid. 

The mixture was prepared and allowed to achieve equilibrium to it was added an excess of urea which caused the immediate precipitation as urea nitrate of the free nitric acid present. As a result of the sudden removal of the nitric acid from the mixture, the system underwent change to re-establish the equilibrium however, the use of an excess of urea removed the nitric acid as it was produced from acetyl nitrate and acetic acid, and the consumption of acetyl nitrate proceeded to completion. Thus, by following the production of urea nitrate with the time from the addition of urea, the rate of the back reaction could be determined, and by extrapolating the results to zero time the equilibrium... 

It has not been found possible to reconcile all these observations with a simple kinetic scheme. A major difficulty is that whilst the stoichiometric concentrations of nitric acid and of acetic acid can be varied independently, the actual concentrations of these species cannot, because of the existence of the equilibrium ... 

As supporting evidence, rapid isomerization of the ds- and maui-Tr-allylpal-ladium complexes 27 and 28 is catalyzed by Pd(Ph3P)4 in THF even at -15 C to give a 45 55 equilibrium mixture from either 27 or 28[29-31].. Actually, in the intramolecular reaction of soft nucleophiles of 29 and 30, a trans-ds mi.xttire (31 and 32) (1 1) was obtained from /raiw-allylic acetate 29. On the... 

Allylic ester rearrangement is catalyzed by both Pd(II) and Pd(0) compounds, but their catalyses are different mechanistically. Allylic rearrangement of allylic acetates takes place by the use of Pd(OAc>2-Ph3P [Pd(0)-phosphine] as a catalyst[492,493]. An equilibrium mixture of 796 and 797 in a ratio of 1.9 1.0 was obtained[494]. The Pd(0)-Ph3P-catalyzed rearrangement is explained by rr-allylpalladium complex formation[495]. 

Alkoxythiazoles are prepared by heterocyclization (274, 462). The Williamson method using catalytic amounts of KI and cupric oxide is also possible (278. 288, 306). 5-Acetoxy-4-alkenylthiazoles are obtained by treatment of 242 with acetyl chloride and triethylamine or with acetic anhydride and pyridine (450). Similarly, the reaction of diphenylketene with 242 affords 5-acyloxy-4-alkenylthiazoles (243) (Scheme 120) (450). The readiness of these o-acetylations suggests that 4-alkylidene thiazoline-5-one might be in equilibrium with 4-alkenyl-5-hydroxythiazoles (450). 

Here the weaker acid (acetic acid) is on the left and the stronger acid (hydronium ion) IS on the right The equilibrium constant is less than 1 and the position of equilibrium lies to the left... 

From their respective pK s we see that acetic acid is a stronger acid than ammo mum ion Therefore the equilibrium lies to the right K is greater than 1... 

The position of equilibrium is favorable for acetal formation from most aldehydes especially when excess alcohol is present as the reaction solvent For most ketones the position of equilibrium is unfavorable and other methods must be used for the prepara tion of acetals from ketones... 

Diols that bear two hydroxyl groups m a 1 2 or 1 3 relationship to each other yield cyclic acetals on reaction with either aldehydes or ketones The five membered cyclic acetals derived from ethylene glycol (12 ethanediol) are the most commonly encoun tered examples Often the position of equilibrium is made more favorable by removing the water formed m the reaction by azeotropic distillation with benzene or toluene... 

Reaction is acid catalyzed Equilibrium constant normally favorable for aide hydes unfavorable for ketones Cyclic acetals from vicinal diols form readily... 

The position of equilibrium lies well to the right Ethanol with p/Ca=16 is a much weaker acid than acetic acid (p/Ca = 4 7)... 

A particular carbohydrate can mterconvert between furanose and pyra nose forms and between the a and (3 configuration of each form The change from one form to an equilibrium mixture of all the possible hemi acetals causes a change m optical rotation called mutarotation... 

The equilibrium position for any reaction is defined by a fixed equilibrium constant, not by a fixed combination of concentrations for the reactants and products. This is easily appreciated by examining the equilibrium constant expression for the dissociation of acetic acid. 

If a solution of acetic acid at equilibrium is disturbed by adding sodium acetate, the [CHaCOO-] increases, suggesting an apparent increase in the value of K. Since Ka must remain constant, however, the concentration of all three species in equation 6.26 must change in a fashion that restores to its original value. In this case, equilibrium is reestablished by the partial reaction of CHaCOO and HaO+ to produce additional CHaCOOH. 

The observation that a system at equilibrium responds to a stress by reequilibrating in a manner that diminishes the stress, is formalized as Le Chatelier s principle. One of the most common stresses that we can apply to a reaction at equilibrium is to change the concentration of a reactant or product. We already have seen, in the case of sodium acetate and acetic acid, that adding a product to a reaction mixture at equilibrium converts a portion of the products to reactants. In this instance, we disturb the equilibrium by adding a product, and the stress is diminished by partially reacting the excess product. Adding acetic acid has the opposite effect, partially converting the excess acetic acid to acetate. 

A mixture of acetic acid and sodium acetate is one example of an acid/base buffer. The equilibrium position of the buffer is governed by the reaction... 

Suppose you need to prepare a buffer with a pH of 9.36. Using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, you calculate the amounts of acetic acid and sodium acetate needed and prepare the buffer. When you measure the pH, however, you find that it is 9.25. If you have been careful in your calculations and measurements, what can account for the difference between the obtained and expected pHs In this section, we will examine an important limitation to our use of equilibrium constants and learn how this limitation can be corrected. 

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