Order of reactivity

It consists in treating a solution of sodium iodide in pure acetone with the organic compound. The reaction is probably of the S 2 type involving a bimolecular attack of the iodide ion upon the carbon atom carrying the chlorine or bromine the order of reactivities of halides is primary > secondary > tertiary and Br > Cl. 

The oxidative coupling of thiophene, furan[338] and pyrrole[339,340] is also possible. The following order of reactivity was observed in the coupling of substituted furans[338] R = H > Me > CHO > CO Me > CH(OAc)i > CO2H. The cross-coupling of furans and thiophenes with arene is possible, and 4-phenylfurfural (397) is the main product of the cross-coupling of furfural and benzene[341]. 

Compared to other heterocyclic thiones (S3, SS, 56), A-4-thiazoiine-2-thione (54) is among the most reactive (43, 117). The observed order of reactivity is kgg > kn... 

Some studies on the quatemization of arylthiazoles have been published, among them the quatemization of 2-methyI-4-phenyl thiazole in various solvents (263). The order of reactivity is the following 2-methyl-4-phenyl > 2-methyI-4-(3-nitrophenyl) > 2-methyl-4-(2-chlorophenyl) > 2-methyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl). Introduction of a phenyl group in the... 

The order of reactivity of the hydrogen halides parallels their acidity HI > HBr > HCl >> HF Hydrogen iodide is used infrequently however and the reaction of alco hols with hydrogen fluoride is not a useful method for the preparation of alkyl fluorides Among the various classes of alcohols tertiary alcohols are observed to be the most reactive and primary alcohols the least reactive... 

It IS important to note that although methyl and primary alcohols react with hydro gen halides by a mechanism that involves fewer steps than the corresponding reactions of secondary and tertiary alcohols fewer steps do not translate to faster reaction rates Remember the order of reactivity of alcohols with hydrogen halides is tertiary > sec ondary > primary > methyl Reaction rate is governed by the activation energy of the slowest step regardless of how many steps there are... 

Dehydration of alcohols (Sections 5 9-5 13) Dehydra tion requires an acid catalyst the order of reactivity of alcohols IS tertiary > secondary > primary Elimi nation is regioselective and proceeds in the direction that produces the most highly substituted double bond When stereoisomeric alkenes are possible the more stable one is formed in greater amounts An El (elimination unimolecular) mechanism via a carbo cation intermediate is followed with secondary and tertiary alcohols Primary alcohols react by an E2 (elimination bimolecular) mechanism Sometimes elimination is accompanied by rearrangement... 

The order of reactivity of carboxylic acid derivatives toward nucleophilic acyl sub stitution can be explained on the basis of the electron donating properties of sub stituent X The greater the electron donating powers of X the slower the rate... 

The reaction proceeds by formation of the Grignard reagent from o bromofluorobenzene Because the order of reactivity of magnesium with aryl halides is Arl > ArBr > ArCl > ArF the Gngnard reagent has the structure shown and forms benzyne by loss of the salt FMgBr... 

An additional observation is that any one of these species shows the reverse order of reactivity for the corresponding monomers. As monomers, the order of reactivity in Table 7.2 is... 

The halogen fluorides are best prepared by the reaction of fluorine with the corresponding halogen. These compounds are powerful oxidising agents chlorine trifluoride approaches the reactivity of fluorine. In descending order of reactivity the halogen fluorides are chlorine pentafluoride [13637-63-3] 1 5 chlorine trifluoride [7790-91-2] 3 bromine pentafluoride [7789-30-2], BrF iodine heptafluoride [16921 -96-3], chlorine... 

Reactions of the Disulfide Group. Besides the thiol end groups, the disulfide bonds also have a marked influence on both the chemical and physical properties of the polysulftde polymers. One of the key reactions of disulfides is nucleophilic attack on sulfur (eq. 4). The order of reactivity for various thiophiles has been reported as (C2H O) P > R, HS , C2H5 S- >C,H,S- >C,H,P,... 

The order of reactivity with acid is HI > HBi > HCl. Reaction with hydrochloric acid [7647-01-0] to form isopropyl chloride [75-29-6] is faciUtated by a zinc chloride catalyst. 

Sulfonate Esters. Sucrose sulfonates are valuable intermediates for the synthesis of epoxides and derivatives containing halogens, nitrogen, and sulfur. In addition, the sulfonation reaction has been used to determine the relative reactivity of the hydroxyl groups in sucrose. The general order of reactivity in sucrose toward the esterification reaction is OH-6 OH-6 > OH-1 > HO-2. 

The apphcation of bimolecular, nucleophilic substitution (S ) reactions to sucrose sulfonates has led to a number of deoxhalogeno derivatives. Selective displacement reactions of tosyl (79,85), mesyl (86), and tripsyl (84,87) derivatives of sucrose with different nucleophiles have been reported. The order of reactivity of the sulfonate groups in sucrose toward reaction has been found to be 6 > 6 > 4 > 1. ... 

The same order of reactivity is also found for reactions such as acid-catalyzed hydrolysis a closer look at the stmcture of these vinyl ether homologues suggests the reason. 

The halogen influences the rate of reaction, and, in general, the order of reactivity is HI > HBi > HCl. Impoitant uses of etfiyl chloiide include the manufacture of tetraethyllead and ethylceUulose. Ethyl bromide can be used to produce ethyl Grignard reagent and various ethyl amines. 

MO calculations of the cinnoline ring system show that the relative order of reactivities for electrophilic substitution is 5=8>6 = 7>3 4. This is confirmed experimentally, as nitration of cinnoline with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids affords 5-nitrocinnoline (33%) and 8-nitrocinnoline (28%). Similarly, 4-methylcinnoline gives a mixture of 4-methyl-8-nitrocinnoline (28%) and 4-methyl-5-nitrocinnoline (13%). 

For the reactions of methylpyridazine 1-oxides with benzaldehyde in the presence of sodium methoxide, the order of reactivity of methyl groups at various positions is 5 > 4,6 > 3. 3-Methylpyridazine 1-oxide is converted by acetic anhydride into the 3-acetoxymethyl compound, which is easily hydrolyzed to 3-hydroxymethylpyridazine. 

It is also of significance that in the dilute gas phase, where the intrinsic orientating properties of pyrrole can be examined without the complication of variable phenomena such as solvation, ion-pairing and catalyst attendant on electrophilic substitution reactions in solution, preferential /3-attack on pyrrole occurs. In gas phase t-butylation, the relative order of reactivity at /3-carbon, a-carbon and nitrogen is 10.3 3.0 1.0 (81CC1177). 

Competitive metallation experiments with IV-methylpyrrole and thiophene and with IV-methylindole and benzo[6]thiophene indicate that the sulfur-containing heterocycles react more rapidly with H-butyllithium in ether. The comparative reactivity of thiophene and furan with butyllithium depends on the metallation conditions. In hexane, furan reacts more rapidly than thiophene but in ether, in the presence of tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), the order of reactivity is reversed (77JCS(P1)887). Competitive metallation experiments have established that dibenzofuran is more easily lithiated than dibenzothiophene, which in turn is more easily lithiated than A-ethylcarbazole. These compounds lose the proton bound to carbon 4 in dibenzofuran and dibenzothiophene and the equivalent proton (bound to carbon 1) in the carbazole (64JOM(2)304). 

Rate data are also available for the solvolysis of l-(2-heteroaryl)ethyl acetates in aqueous ethanol. Side-chain reactions such as this, in which a delocalizable positive charge is developed in the transition state, are frequently regarded as analogous to electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. In solvolysis the relative order of reactivity is tellurienyl> furyl > selenienyl > thienyl whereas in electrophilic substitutions the reactivity sequence is furan > tellurophene > selenophene > thiophene. This discrepancy has been explained in terms of different charge distributions in the transition states of these two classes of reaction (77AHC(21)119>. 

Aqueous bromination of indazole shows the relative order of reactivity for various positions to be 5>7 others, 5 >3 >7 others, and 3 others for reactions of cationic. 

Me3SiNEt2- Trimethylsilyldiethylamine selectively silylates equatorial hydroxyl groups in quantitative yield (4-10 h, 25°). The report indicated no reaction at axial hydroxyl groups. In the prostaglandin series the order of reactivity of trimethylsilyldiethylamine is Cii > Ci5 C9 (no reaction). These trimethylsilyl ethers are readily hydrolyzed in aqueous methanol containing a trace of acetic acid. The reagent is also useful for the silylation of amino-acids. ... 

Kinetic studies of acetal/ketal formation from cyclohexanone, and hydrolysis (3 X 0 N HCl/dioxane-H20, 20°), indicate the following orders of reactivity ... 

This radical then reacts with a further molecule of monomer, generating yet another free radical of the same order of reactivity. 

The order of reactivity of the hydrogen halides is HI > HBr > HCl, and reactions of simple alkenes with HCl are quite slow. The studies that have been applied to determining mechanistic details of hydrogen halide addition to alkenes have focused on the kinetics and stereochemistry of the reaction and on the effect of added nucleophiles. The kinetic studies often reveal complex rate expressions which demonstrate that more than one process contributes to the overall reaction rate. For addition of hydrogen bromide or Itydrogen... 

The order of reactivity toward hydrolysis of the cyclic acetals shown below is A -c B [Pg.504]

Fig. 8.P28. pH-Ratio profiles for the hydrolysis of alkyl-A/-methylmaleamic acids at 39°C and ionic strength 1.0. In increasing order of reactivity, R = H, Me, Et, i-Pr, t-Bu. Reproduced from problem reference 28 by permission of the Royal Chemical Society.

The role of the leaving group in determining the reaction rate is somewhat different from its role in 8 2 and 8 1 substitution at alkyl groups. In those cases, the bond strength is usually the dominant factor so that the order of reactivity of the halogens is... 

I > Br > Cl > F. In nucleophilic aromatic substitution, the formation of the addition intermediate is usually the rate-determining step so the ease of C—X bond breaking does not affeet the rate. When this is the ease, the order of reactivity is often F > Cl > Br > I. This order is the result of the polar effeet of the halogen. The stronger bond dipoles assoeiated with the more eleetronegative halogens favor the addition step and thus inerease the overall rate of reaetion. 

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