Substituent effects compounds

The more extensive problem of correlating substituent effects in electrophilic substitution by a two-parameter equation has been examined by Brown and his co-workers. In order to define a new set of substituent constants. Brown chose as a model reaction the solvolysis of substituted dimethylphenylcarbinyl chlorides in 90% aq. acetone. In the case ofp-substituted compounds, the transition state, represented by the following resonance structures, is stabilized by direct resonance interaction between the substituent and the site of reaction. 

Little is known quantitatively about substituent effects in the nitration of derivatives of azanaphthalenes. In preparative experiments 4-hydroxy-quinoline, -cinnoline, and -quinazoline give the 6- and 8-nitro compounds, but with nitric acid alone 4-hydroxyquinoline and 2,4-di-hydroxyquinoline react at With nitric acid, 4-hydroxycinnoline... 

Using a multiple linear regression computer program, a set of substituent parameters was calculated for a number of the most commonly occurring groups. The calculated substituent effects allow a prediction of the chemical shifts of the exterior and central carbon atoms of the allene with standard deviations of l.Sand 2.3 ppm, respectively Although most compounds were measured as neat liquids, for a number of compounds duplicatel measurements were obtained in various solvents. 

The reaction of MeO /MeOH with 2-Cl-5(4)-X-thiazoles (122) follows a second-order kinetic law, first order with respect to each reactant (Scheme 62) (297, 301). A remark can be made about the reactivity of the dichloro derivatives it has been pointed out that for reactions with sodium methoxide, the sequence 5>2>4 was observed for monochlorothiazole compounds (302), For 2.5-dichlorothiazole, on the contrary, the experimental data show that the 2-methoxy dehalogenation is always favored. This fact has been related to the different activation due to a substituent effect, less important from position 2 to 5 than from... 

Substitution by a methyl group increases AG° and AH°, and this increase is attributed to polar effects. As can be seen from Table III-15, there is an increase in AG and AH° of roughly 1 kcal/mole for each methyl group. Similar effects have been observed with picolines and lutidines (151). There is only a slight difference for the isomeric compounds, the substituent effect being weakest for the 5-derivative. 

The effect of substituents on the reactivity of heterocyclic nuclei is broadly similar to that on benzene. Thus mem-directing groups such as methoxycarbonyl and nitro are deactivating. The effects of strongly activating groups such as amino and hydroxy are difficult to assess since simple amino compounds are unstable and hydroxy compounds exist in an alternative tautomeric form. Comparison of the rates of formylation and trifiuoroacetylation of the parent heterocycle and its 2-methyl derivative indicate the following order of sensitivity to substituent effects furan > tellurophene > selenophene = thiophene... 

Substituent effects (substituent increments) tabulated in more detail in the literature demonstrate that C chemical shifts of individual carbon nuclei in alkenes and aromatic as well as heteroaromatic compounds can be predicted approximately by means of mesomeric effects (resonance effects). Thus, an electron donor substituent D [D = OC//j, SC//j, N(C//j)2] attached to a C=C double bond shields the (l-C atom and the -proton (+M effect, smaller shift), whereas the a-position is deshielded (larger shift) as a result of substituent electronegativity (-/ effect). 

In general, the dissection of substituertt effects need not be limited to resonance and polar components, vdiich are of special prominence in reactions of aromatic compounds.. ny type of substituent interaction with a reaction center could be characterized by a substituent constant characteristic of the particular type of interaction and a reaction parameter indicating the sensitivity of the reaction series to that particular type of interactioa For example, it has been suggested that electronegativity and polarizability can be treated as substituent effects separate from polar and resonance effects. This gives rise to the equation... 

The structural unit associated with an electronic transition in UV-VIS spectroscopy is called a chromophore. Chemists often refer to model compounds to help interpret UV-VIS spectra. An appropriate model is a simple compound of known structure that incorporates the chromophore suspected of being present in the sfflnple. Because remote substituents do not affect of the chromophore, a strong similarity between the spectrum of the model compound and that of the urrknown can serve to identify the kind of tt electron system present in the sfflnple. There is a substantial body of data concerning the UV-VIS spectra of a great many chromophores, as well as empirical conelations of substituent effects on Such data are helpful when using UV-VIS spectroscopy as a tool for structure determination. 

Then, we will model several other compounds in this series using the appropriate model chemistry to examine the substituent effect on this molecular property. 

The acid cleavage of the aryl— silicon bond (desilylation), which provides a measure of the reactivity of the aromatic carbon of the bond, has been applied to 2- and 3-thienyl trimethylsilane, It was found that the 2-isomer reacted only 43.5 times faster than the 3-isomer and 5000 times faster than the phenyl compound at 50,2°C in acetic acid containing aqueous sulfuric acid. The results so far are consistent with the relative reactivities of thiophene upon detritia-tion if a linear free-energy relationship between the substituent effect in detritiation and desilylation is assumed, as the p-methyl group activates about 240 (200-300) times in detritiation with aqueous sulfuric acid and about 18 times in desilylation. A direct experimental comparison of the difference between benzene and thiophene in detritiation has not been carried out, but it may be mentioned that even in 80.7% sulfuric acid, benzene is detritiated about 600 times slower than 2-tritiothiophene. The aforementioned consideration makes it probable that under similar conditions the ratio of the rates of detritiation of thiophene and benzene is larger than in the desilylation. A still larger difference in reactivity between the 2-position of thiophene and benzene has been found for acetoxymercuration which... 

The most reliable method of preparing benzofuroxans is by decomposition of o-nitrophenyl azides. Decomposition can be achieved by irradiation, or more usually by pyrolysis temperatures between 100° and 1.50° are commonly used. Refluxing in glacial acetic acid is the recommended procedure for 4- or 5-sub-stituted 2-nitrophenyl azides, but with 3- or 6-substituted compounds higher boiling solvents are usually necessary. Quantitative studies on the reaction rate have been made, and a cyclic transition state invoked, an argument which has been used to account for the greater difficulty of decomposition of the 6-substituted 2-nitrophenyl azides. Substituent effects on the reaction rate have also been correlated with Hammett a constants, ... 

The reactivities of compounds of type 6 with aniline in acetone correlate quite well with substituent effects, and autocatalysis is unimportant here. In the less polar tetrahydrofuran, where the hydrochloride is only partly soluble, the reaction shows autocatalysis when aniline and -chloro aniline are reactants but not when the more basic -toluidine is involved. In these cases the solubility of the acidic product may also influence the differential behavior observed. 

The second aspect is more fundamental. It is related to the very nature of chemistry (quantum chemistry is physics). Chemistry deals with fuzzy objects, like solvent or substituent effects, that are of paramount importance in tautomerism. These effects can be modeled using LFER (Linear Free Energy Relationships), like the famous Hammett and Taft equations, with considerable success. Quantum calculations apply to individual molecules and perturbations remain relatively difficult to consider (an exception is general solvation using an Onsager-type approach). However, preliminary attempts have been made to treat families of compounds in a variational way [81AQ(C)105]. 

Analysis of substituent effects on tautomeric equilibria by the method of perturbed molecular orbitals Theoretical studies of heteroaromatic compounds (MNDO, 4-31G)... 

The rate of iodine formation depends on the degree of A"-substitu-tion. Compounds which are unsubstituted on both the iV-atoms (35) and those wdth a single A -substituent (43) liberate instantly the calculated quantity of iodine in the cold. However, the 1,2-disubstituted diaziridines (44) need brief heating with the acid iodine solution they then give 95-100% of the calculated iodine. " This effect of substitution is so well defined that it can be used for a proof of constitution. The diaziridino-triazolidincs (37) prepared from aldehydes, ammonia, and chloramine give complete iodine liberation only on heating. Thus the structure 57 which is isomeric with 37 can be eliminated. ... 

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