Electron-donating groups effect

Electron-donating groups, effect on thiazolium ring cleavage, 33 Electrophilic reaction, of thiazolium salts, in basic medium, 34 Energetic transfer yield, of thiazoiocyanines, 78... 

A tertiary carbonium ion is more stable than a secondary carbonium ion, which is in turn more stable than a primary carbonium ion. Therefore, the alkylation of ben2ene with isobutylene is much easier than is alkylation with ethylene. The reactivity of substituted aromatics for electrophilic substitution is affected by the inductive and resonance effects of a substituent. An electron-donating group, such as the hydroxyl and methyl groups, activates the alkylation and an electron-withdrawing group, such as chloride, deactivates it. 

The 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-positions in the pyridazine nucleus are electron deficient due to the negative mesomeric effect of the nitrogen atoms. Therefore, electrophilic substitution in pyridazines is difficult even in the presence of one or two electron-donating groups. The first reported example is nitration of 4-amino-3,6-dimethoxypyridazine to yield the corresponding 5-nitro derivative. Nitration of 3-methoxy-5-methylpyridazine gives the 6-nitro-,... 

Problem 16.8 Write resonance structures for chlorobenzene to show the electron-donating resonance effect of the chloro group. 

Inductive and resonance effects account for the directing effects of substituents as well as for their activating or deactivating effects. Take alkyl groups, for instance, which have an electron-donating inductive effect and are ortho and para directors. The results of toluene nitration are shown in Figure 16.13. 

One further comparison aromatic aldehydes, such as benzaldehyde, are less reactive in nucleophilic addition reactions than aliphatic aldehydes because the electron-donating resonance effect of the aromatic ring makes the carbonyl group less electrophilic. Comparing electrostatic potential maps of formaldehyde and benzaldehyde, for example, shows that the carbonyl carbon atom is less positive (less blue) in the aromatic aldehyde. 

The initiator can be a radical, an acid, or a base. Historically, as we saw in Section 7.10, radical polymerization was the most common method because it can be carried out with practically any vinyl monomer. Acid-catalyzed (cationic) polymerization, by contrast, is effective only with vinyl monomers that contain an electron-donating group (EDG) capable of stabilizing the chain-carrying carbocation intermediate. Thus, isobutylene (2-methyl-propene) polymerizes rapidly under cationic conditions, but ethylene, vinyl chloride, and acrylonitrile do not. Isobutylene polymerization is carried out commercially at -80 °C, using BF3 and a small amount of water to generate BF3OH- H+ catalyst. The product is used in the manufacture of truck and bicycle inner tubes. 

Styrenes may act as 2n and 4n components of the Diels-Alder reaction depending on the substitution site and the electronic effects of the substituent. Electron-donating groups at the a-carbon of the olefinic double bond enhance the dienic reactivity of styrenes [30]. 

In general, resonance effects lead to the same result as field effects. That is, here too, electron-withdrawing groups increase acidity and decrease basicity, and electron-donating groups act in the opposite manner. As a result of both resonance and field effects, charge dispersal leads to greater stability. 

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