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Aromatic and Heterocyclic ChemistryLectures 1-6 2nd Year Michaelmas 2009
Dr Jonathan Burton
CRL Office 6, 1st floor
E-mail: [email protected]
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Synopsis
Lectures 1-6: J. W. Burton
1. The Origin of Aromaticity and General Characteristics of Aromatic Compoundsa. kinetic and thermodynamic stability of benzeneb. substitution not additionc. resonance energy by hydrogenationd. Hückel rule of linear and cyclic polyenes – 1,3,5 hexatriene vs benzenee. cyclobutadiene and antiaromaticity
2. Examples of Aromaticitya. Frost circleb. examples of 3,4,5,6,7,8-membered aromatic compounds including cations and
anions e.g. tropylium cation, acidity of cyclopentadiene, 18-annulene.
3. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitutiona. Revision of 1st yearb. Hammond’s postulate to explain EASc. mechanistic evidence for EAS
i. isolation of arenium ionii. Kinetic Isotope Effect (briefly)
4. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution cont.a. Substituent effects including halogensb. Effects of two substituentsc. Ispo attack and reversible reactions
5. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutiona. Problems with SN1 and SN2 reaction on aromaticsb. Diazonium salts and SN1 reactions – radical mechanismsc. SNAr by addition/elimination mechanismd. Meisenheimer intermediatese. Substituent effectsf. Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution (briefly)g. SRN1 – mechanism and examples (briefly)
6. Arynesa. Evidence for benzyne – Roberts experiment, trapping experiments, etc.b. Structure of (ortho)-benzynec. Generation of benzyne – various methodsd. Substituent effectse. meta- and para-benzynes (briefly)
Lectures 7-12: D. M. Hodgson
7. Reactions with metals: Ortho Lithiation, Palladium Catalysed Couplings, ChromiumComplexes and Birch Reductions.
8. Introduction of Functional Groups
9. Pyridine: Synthesis and Reactions
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10. Pyrrole, Thiophene and Furan: Synthesis and Reactions.
11. Indole: Synthesis and Reactions.
Suggested Reading
Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions Mechanisms, and Structures; J. March.
Advanced Organic Chemistry Parts A and B; F. Carey and R. Sundberg.
Aromatic Substitution Reactions; L. Stock
Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions; I. Fleming.
Aromatic Chemistry; M. Sainsbury.
Reactive Intermediates; C. Moody and G. Whitham.
Heterocyclic Chemistry; J. Joule, K. Mills and G. Smith.
Aromatic Heterocyclic Chemistry; D. Davies.
N.B. Other general organic texts also cover the basic chemistry of organic compounds.
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Origin of Aromaticity
Typical reactions of alkenes
Typical reactions of benzene
■ benzene is kinetically stable
■ retains aromatic sextet of electrons in substitution reactions
■ does not behave like a “normal” polyene or alkene
■ benzene is both kinetically and thermodynamically very stable
■ how do we quantify this stability?
Quantification of stability – heats of hydrogenation
hydrogH = -120 kJmol-1
hydrogH =3 x -120 = -360 kJmol-1
(hypothetical, 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene)
hydrogH = -210 kJmol-1
■ benzene ≈150 kJmol-1 more stable than expected – (represents stability over hypothetical 1,3,5-cyclohextriene) – termed the empirical resonance energy (values vary enormously)
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Energy
■ empirical resonance energy is not the true resonance energy as this would be the differencebetween benzene and a symmetrical non-delocalised cyclohexatriene unit which does not exist
■ we know that delocalisation is stabilising, but how much more stabilising is the delocalisation inbenzene – should compare benzene with a real molecule – we will use 1,3,5-hexatriene
■ require a theory which explains the stability of benzene
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Understanding Aromaticity - the Molecular Orbital Approach
Hückel Theory
■ Hückel’s Rule: planar, monocyclic, completely conjugated hydrocarbons will be aromatic whenthe ring contains (4n +2) π-electrons (n = 0, 1, 2….positive integers)
Corollary
■ planar, monocyclic, completely conjugated hydrocarbons will be anti-aromatic when the ringcontains (4n) π-electrons (n = 0, 1, 2….positive integers)
Hückel Molecular Orbital Theory (HMOT)
■ applicable to conjugated planar cyclic and acyclic systems
■ only the π-system is included; the σ-framework is ignored (in reality σ-framework affects π-system)
■ used to calculate the wave functions (ψi) and hence relative energies by the LCAO method
i.e. ψi = c1φ1 + c2φ2 + c3φ3 + c4φ4 + c5φ5 …..
■ HMOT solves energy (Ei) and coefficients ci
■ there are now many more sophisticated methods for calculating the stabilisation energy inconjugated systems; however, HMOT is adequate for our purposes.
HMOT in Action
■ For cyclic and acyclic systems:
Molecular Orbital Energies = Ei = α + mjβ
■ α = coulomb integral - energy associated with electron in an isolated 2p orbital (albeit in the molecular environment) – α is negative (stabilising) and is the same for any p-orbital in π-system
■ β = resonance integral – energy associated with having electrons shared by atoms in the form of a covalent bond – β is negative (stabilising) and is set to zero for non-adjacent atoms.
■ (all overlap integrals S assumed to be zero, electron correlation ignored)
■ linear polyenes mj = 2cos[jπ/(n+1)] j = 1, 2……n (n = number of carbon atoms in conjugated system)
■ cyclic polyenes mj = 2cos(2jπ/n) j = 0, ±1, ±2……±[(n-1)/2] for odd n,±n/2 for even n
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Examples
■ ethene
■ two 2p atomic orbitals give 2π molecular orbitals; n = 2, j = 1 or 2
■ mj = 2cos(π/3) = 1 2cos(2π/3) = -1
■ energy E = α ± β
■ stabilisation energy Estab = 2(α + β) Note: the energy of two isolated p orbitals is 2α – we have gained 2β of stabilisation
■ allyl System
■ three 2p atomic orbitals give 3π molecular orbitals; n = 3, j = 1, 2 or 3
■ mj = 2cos(π/4) = √2 2cos(π/2) = 0 2cos(3 π/4) = -√2
■ energy E = α + √2β α α - √2β
E = +
E = -
E = +
E = -
■ allyl cation stabilisation energy Estab =2α + 2.8β ■ allyl radical would have stabilisation energyi.e. more stable than ethene (Estab ethene =2α + 2β) Estab = 3α + 2.8β
take home message – conjugation is stabilising
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■ 1,3,5-Hexatriene vs Benzene
■ six 2p atomic orbitals give 6π molecular orbitals; n = 6, j = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
■ mj = 2cos(π/7) = 1.80 2cos(2π/7) = 1.25 2cos(3π/7) = 0.45...... and the corresponding negative values
■ energy E = α + 1.80β α + 1.25β α + 0.45β α – 0.45β…..etc
MO no.nodes
energy HMOT – MO (calculated)
ψ6 5 α - 1.80β
ψ5 4 α - 1.25β
ψ4 3 α - 0.45β
ψ3 2 α + 0.45β
ψ2 1 α + 1.25β
ψ1 0 α + 1.80β
■ stabilisation energy Estab= 2(3α + 3.5β) = 6α + 7β
■ stabilisation with respect to 3 x ethene = (6α + 7β) – 3(2α + 2β) = β
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Benzene
■ Cyclic polyenes mj = 2cos(2jπ/n) j = 0 ±1, ±±[(n-1)/2] for odd n; ±n/2 for even n
■ six 2p atomic orbitals give 6π molecular orbitals; n = 6, j = 0 ±1, ±2, ±3
■ mj = 2cos(0) = 2, 2cos(±2π/6) = 1, 2cos(±4π/6) = -1, 2cos(±6π/6)= -2
■ energy E = α + 2β, α + β, α - β, α – 2β
MOno.
nodesenergy HMOT – MO (calculated)
ψ6 6 α - 2β
ψ4,5 4 α - β
ψ2,3 2 α + β
ψ1 0 α + 2β
■ stabilisation energy Estab= 2(α + 2β) + 4(α + β) = 6α + 8β
■ stabilisation energy with respect to 1,3,5-hexatriene = (6α + 8β) – (6α + 7β) = β
■ stabilisation energy with respect to 3 x ethene = (6α + 8β) – 3(2α + 2β) = 2β
■ HMOT predicts benzene is more stable than hexatriene and than 3 x ethene
■ aromatic compounds are those with a π-system lower in energy than that of acycliccounterpart
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■ Cyclobutadiene vs 1,3-butadiene
■ four 2p atomic orbitals give 4π molecular orbitals; n = 4, j = 0 ±1, ±2
■ mj = 2cos(0) = 2 2cos(±2π/4) = 0 2cos(±4π/4) = -2
■ energy E = α + 2β α α – 2β
cyclobutadiene 1,3-butadiene
MOno.
nodesenergy energy
ψ4 4 α - 2β α – 1.62β
ψ2,3 2 α
α – 0.62β
α + 0.62β
ψ1 0 α + 2β α + 1.62β
Stabilisation energy Estab = 4α + 4β i.e. same as 2 x etheneStabilisation energy
Estab = 4α + 4.4β
■ cyclobutadiene is less stable than 1,3-butadiene
■ anti-aromatic compounds are those with a π-system higher in energy than that of acycliccounterpart
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Frost-Musulin Diagram – Frost Circle
■ simple method to find the energies of the molecular orbitals for an aromatic compound
■ inscribe the regular polygon, with one vertex pointing down, inside a circle of radius 2β, centred
at energy α
■ each intersection of the polygon with the circumference of the circle corresponds to the energy
of a molecular orbital.
General Characteristics of Aromatic Compoundsi) planar fully conjugates cyclic polyenes
ii) more stable than acyclic analogues
iii) bonds of nearly equal length i.e. not alternating single and double bonds
iv) undergo substitution reactions (rather than addition reactions)
v) support a diamagnetic ring current
> >
> >
magnetic field induces electrons in π-system to circulate setting
up a secondary magnetic field opposed to the first magnetic
field
aromatic protons of C6H6 see applied field plus induced field
and hence require higher frequency to bring them into
resonance and they appear at higher chemical shift (δ)
Good test for aromatic character of a compound
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Examples of Aromatic and Anti-Aromatic Compounds■ Hückel’s rule [(4n +2) π-electrons for aromatic compounds; 4n π-electrons for anti-aromatic
compounds] holds for anions, cations and neutrals
Cyclopropenium cation
■ (4n +2), n = 0, 2π electrons
■ insoluble in non-polar solvents; 1 signal in 1H NMR H = 11.1 ppm - aromatic and a cation
■ compare with cyclopropyl cation which is subject to rearrangement to the allyl cation
Synthesis
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Cyclopropenones
Cyclobutene dications
■ (4n +2), n = 0, 2π electrons
δH = 3.68 ppm allMe groupsequivalent. Megroups α to 2 positive charges
δH = 2.1 ppm
Benzene
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
δH = 7.26 ppm, planar molecule;
bond length = 1.39 Å
C-C sp3-sp3 = 1.54 ÅC-C sp3-sp2 = 1.50 ÅC-C sp3-sp = 1.47 ÅC-C sp2-sp2 = 1.46 ÅC=C sp2-sp2 = 1.34 Å
isoelectronic with pyridine:
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Cyclopentadienyl Anion
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
■ quick reminder: pKa is a measure of the position of equilibrium between an acid and its
conjugate base; pKa = -log10Ka.
■ most important factor in acid strength is the stability of the conjugate base A-
■ for a strong acid the conjugate base A- is stable the equilibrium lies to the RHS and the pKa is low
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Furan, pyrrole and thiophene
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
■ Cyclopentadienide anion is isoelectronic with furan pyrrole and thiophene
■ in each case the (one of the) lone pair(s) is parallel to the p-orbitals and part of the π-system
■ all 3 are aromatic, show ring currents and undergo electrophilic aromatic substitution
Tropylium Cation
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
■ ionic compound
■ mp 205 °C insoluble in nonpolar solvents
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Tropone
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
O O
HBr
OH
Br
pKa = -0.6
OH
pKa = -6.2
■ some aromatic character
■ more basic than acetone
Tropolones
■ (4n +2), n = 1, 6π electrons
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Cyclobutadiene
■(4n), n = 1, 4π electrons – anti-aromatic
■ (HMOT predicts triplet ground state for cyclobutadiene – cyclobutadiene is actually a singletground state and is rectangular not square)
■ only possible to isolate at very low temperatures in an argon matrix
Synthesis
■ Cyclobutadiene can be stabilised with very bulky substituents
H
■ stable up to 150 °C but very reactive towards O2
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Cyclopropenium anion
■ (4n), n = 1, 4π electrons – anti-aromatic
■ stabilisation energy Estab= 4α +2β
■ stabilisation energy of allyl anionEstab= 4α +2√2β
■ rate of proton exchangecyclopropane/cyclopropene = 10000
Cyclopentadienyl cation
■ (4n), n = 1, 4π electrons – anti-aromatic
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Cyclopentadienone
Cycloheptatrienyl anion and Cyclooctatetraene
■ (4n), n = 2, 8π electrons – anti-aromatic
probably not planar
similar pKa to normal 1,4-diene
■ non-aromatic, alternating bond lengths, distorts to avoid planar anti-aromatic conformation,
■normal reactivity of polyene
Other Examples
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[18]-Annulene
■ (4n+2), n = 4, 18π electrons –aromatic
Cu(OAc)2pyridine, 85 °C
Glaser coupling
hexadiyne
tBuOK
base catalysedisomerisation
(allene intermediates)
H = 9.3
H = -3.0
18 electronsbright red
HH
H2/Pd
■ ring large enough to be planar without steric congestion of inner protons
■ 2 signals in 1H NMR consistent with ring current
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Benzene■ model for arene reactions – aromaticity makes benzene a thermodynamic sink
■ Some isomers of C6H6
Numbering and Nomenclature
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Reactions
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (revision)
■ what does transition state look like for attack of E+ on aromatic ring?
■ rates of chemical reactions are controlled by free energy of transition state therefore
information about transition state structure is crucial
■ transition states have transitory existence cannot make experimental measurements on them
Hammond’s Postulate
“If two states, as, for example, a transition sateand an unstable intermediate, occurconsecutively during a reaction process andhave nearly the same energy content, theirinterconversion will involve only a smallreorganisation of molecular structure.”
■ The transition state resembles the structure(intermediate or substrate or product) to whichit is closest in energy
(i.e. transition state resembles intermediate
arenium ion, therefore what stabilises the
arenium ion stabilises the transition state.)
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Mechanistic Evidence
Isolation of intermediates
Isotope Effects
■ effect on rate of reaction by substitution of an element (most commonly H) for a heavier isotope
(D or T)
■ very useful mechanistic probe
Example
■ transfer of H-atom 9 times faster than D
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■ examine potential energy curves for C-H(D) bond – these are the same for C-H and C-D bonds
(Morse potentials)
■ due to lower zero point energy for vibration of C-D bond with respect to C-H bond, C-D bond is
stronger than C-H bond
■ stretching frequency of bond
k
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21
mm
mm
hE
2
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■ µC-H = 0.92 (ca. 1) µC-D = 1.72 (ca. 2)
■ Eo CH > Eo CD hence C-D bond stronger than C-H bond
■ Crude analysis (which assumes bond 100% broken at transition state) gives kH/kD ≈ 7 (normally
2-7) – primary kinetic isotope effect – (more later)
dissociation
potentialenergy
bond distance
C-H
C-D
■ take home message: expect kinetic isotope effect if break C-H bond in rate determining step
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Nitration of Benzene
■ kH/kD = 1
■ hence C-H bond not involved in r.d.s. - consistent with step 1 being rate determining
■ no kinetic isotope for nitration of benzene excludes the following mechanisms
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■ if there is a kinetic isotope effect there is some reversibility in step 1
■ normally 1st step is rate determining step – lose aromaticity
■ 2nd step is fast – regain aromaticity
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Substituent Effects
■ substituent Y affects both the rate and regiochemistry of the reaction
■ electron donating groups activate the aromatic ring (i.e. substrate reacts faster than benzene)
and are ortho and para directing
■ electron withdrawing groups activate the aromatic ring (i.e. substrate reacts slowed than
benzene) and are meta directing
■ halogens are mildly deactivating and direct o/p
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■ Y = electron donating group, ortho and para attack favoured i.e. the intermediate (and hence
the transition state leading to the intermediate) is stabilised by electron donation from Y (not
possible for meta attack)
■ Y = Electron withdrawing group –o and p attack disfavoured i.e. the intermediate (and hence the
transition state leading to the intermediate) is destabilised by electron withdrawing group Y (not
possible for meta attack), and hence get meta attack by default
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■ curly arrows (in a molecular orbital context) illustrate the electron distribution in the frontier
orbital
■ we are interested in the stability of the competing intermediates, and, although curly arrows
give us the correct answer we really should compare the total energy of the π-system – we can do
this using Hückel theory
■ Y = EDG i.e. a group carrying a lone pair or a C-H or C-C bond – we will model these as the benzyl
anion and will compare their energies – look at three filled MOs, ψ1, ψ2 and ψ3
MO ortho Eψortho meta Eψmeta para Eψpara
ψ3E
0.45β
E
0β
E
0.52β
ψ3
E
1.25β E
1.18β
E
1.0β
ψ1
E1.80β
E 1.90β E 1.93β
Estab =(6α) + 7β Estab =(6α) + 6.16β Estab =(6α) + 6.9β
■ The intermediates from ortho and para attack are more stable than those from meta attack
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■ Y = EWG - we will model these groups as the benzyl cation and will compare the energies of the
sigma complexes - look at two filled MOs, ψ1 and ψ2
MO ortho Eψortho meta Eψmeta para Eψpara
ψ3
E
1.25β E
1.18β
E
1.0β
ψ1
E1.80β
E 1.90β E 1.93β
Estab =(4α) + 6.1β Estab =(4α) + 6.16β Estab =(4α) + 5.86β
■ intermediate from meta attack is more stable than those from ortho and para attack – we will
continue to use the curly arrow method.
Halogens
■ mildly deactivating as they are electronegative and withdraw electron density from the ring
through the σ-framework (falls off with distances)
■ halogens direct ortho and para as they have lone pairs in high energy orbitals which stabilise the
intermediates for ortho/para attack
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■ fluorobenzene has similar reactivity to benzene – although it is the most electronegative of the
halogens if has a 2p lone pair which overlaps efficiently with the benzene ring
Examples
Two Substituents
■ reinforcing
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■ opposing - if similar reactivity will get mixtures of compounds; however, a strong activator
beats a weak activator.
■ activating ability – rough order
■ all other things being equal a 3rd group is least likely to enter between two groups meta to one
another
Ipso attack
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Reversible reactions
■ electrophilic aromatic substitution is generally an irreversible process but there are some
exceptions
SO3H
H / H2O + SO3
SH
OOHO
Me
tBuCl / AlCl3
Me
tBu tBu
Me
tButBuCl / AlCl3heat
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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
SN2: aliphatic vs aromatic
Aliphatic
■ nucleophile attacks C-L σ* resulting in inversion of configuration
Aromatic
■ no possibility of nucleophile attacking backside of C-L σ* (transition geometry impossible)
■ LUMO is π* not σ*
■ attacking electron rich arene with electron rich nucleophile
SN1: aliphatic vs aromatic
Aliphatic
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Aromatic
Examples
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SNAr – Addition – Elimination Mechanism
■ nucleophile attacks LUMO, electron withdrawing groups lower energy of LUMO and stabilise the
negative charge in the intermediate
■ best to have electron withdrawing group(s), ortho and/or para to the leaving group
Evidence
Isolation of intermediates
■ for halogens as leaving groups, rate of reaction follows kF > kCl > kBr (c.f. rate of SN2 reacitons kI >
kBr > kCl > kF)
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■ r.d.s. is attack of nucleophile on aromatic ring therefore bond strength to leaving group is not so
important in influencing the rate
■ fluorine is the most electronegative element, polarises sigma bond, lowers LUMO, therefore
fastest rate
Example
NO2
X
O2N
HN
+
NO2
N
O2N
F Cl Br I
3300 4.3 4.3 1relative rate
X =
NO2
X
O2N
Ph Me
HN +
NO2
N
O2N
Ph Me
F Cl Br
1 15 46relative rate
X =
Mechanism
2
d[P][I]
d[t]k 1 2 -1
d[I][A][B] - [I] - [I]
dtk k k = 0 (steady state approximation)
1
-1 2
[A][B][I]
k
k k
1 2
1 2
d[P] [A][B]
d[t]
k k
k k
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■ if k2 >> k-1 step 1 is the rate determining step,
loss of X- is faster than loss of R2NH
1 2
2
d[P] [A][B]
d[t]
k k
k
do not break C-X bond in r.d.s
■ if k-1 >> k2 i.e. the second step is rate
determining – intermediate reverts to starting
material faster than progressing to product
1 2
1
d[P] [A][B]
d[t]
k k
k
in r.d.s break C-X bond and hence fastest with
weaker bond
A + B
I
P
k1
k2
A + B
I
P
k2k1
k-1
■ piperidine is a worse leaving group then
methyl aniline ■ step 2 is r.d.s for methyl aniline
■ step 1 is r.d.s for piperidine
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Substitutent Effects
■ electron withdrawing groups ortho/para to leaving group enhance rate
■ electron donating groups ortho/para to leaving group retard rate
■ substituents meta to the leaving group have less influence
Other Examples
Sanger’s Reagent – N-terminus labelling of peptides
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Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution - (nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen)
mechanism
LG = Cl, Br, PhO, PhS etc; EWG = SO2Ph, SO2NR2, CN, CO2Et
Examples
SRN1 – nucleophilic substitution by unimolecular radical mechanism
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Mechanism – radical chain process
Nucleophile can be:
O
, enolates, ,
O
■ electron donating and electron withdrawing groups are tolerated
■ 1 electron reducible groups (e.g. NO2) are not tolerated
■ hν accelerates the initiation
■ single electron transfer to aromatics facilitates other reactions
■ equivalent of SN2 at a tertiary centre
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Arynes■ removal of two hydrogen atoms from benzene leaving two electrons to be distributed between
two orbitals gives rise to the various arynes
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•
ortho-benzyne
(benzyne)
relative energy = 0 kJmol-1
•
•
bestrepresented
as
meta-benzyne
relative energy
ca. 64 kJmol-1
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•
para-benzyne
relative energy
ca. 130 kJmol-1
ortho-Benzyne
Synthesis
Evidence
■ IR spectrum of benzyne in an argon matrix shows C-C bond is 0.05 Å shorter than in benzene
■ Roberts isotope labelling experiment – disproves direct substitution or SNAr addition/elimination
mechanism
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■ trapping experiments
■ isolation of complexes
Stucture of ortho-benzyne
■ best represented as an alkyne with a very strained triple bond
■ benzyne has a very small HOMO-LUMO gap (the “triple” bond is very weak)
■ the LUMO energy is very low and arynes are very electrophilic; they are uncharged their
reactions tend to be dominated by orbital control (i.e. they are very “soft”)
■ carbene like – two electrons in two orbitals
Generation
■ relative reactivity for formation of benzyne with alkyl lithiums is F > Cl > Br > I; actual rate of
generation of benzyne depends on solvent, base and leaving group
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■ lithium halogen exchange is very fast for Br and I and loss of X- is r.d.s. hence rate is Br>Cl>F
■ mildest method of benzyne generation involves hypervalent iodine intermediates
■ generation from zwitterions
NN
O
O
NH2
O
OH
explosive
heat or h + CO2 + N2
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■ thermal and photochemical fragmentations
■ oxidative fragmentation
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Orientation of attack on arynes from ortho-disubstituted substrates
Note: EWG and EDG in the above examples refer to inductive effects
■ aryne orbitals are orthogonal to the aromatic π-system hence substituents exert influence
inductively through σ-framework
Orientation of attack on arynes from meta-disubstituted substrates
Note: EWG and EDG in the above examples refer to inductive effects
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Orientation of attack on arynes from para-disubstituted substrates
Note: EWG and EDG in the above examples refer to inductive effects
Examples
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Further examples
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O
OEt
OSiMe3
OTf
+
CsF, MeCN80 °C
O
EtO2CF-
O
OEt
O
+
O
EtO2C
O
O OEt
O
OEtO
Application to the total synthesis of (-)-quinocarcin an antitumour antibiotic
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Cycloadditions
■ benzynes readily undergo Diels-Alder reactions
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meta-Benzyne
para-Benzyne
■ the Bergman cyclisation
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Mechanism of action of calicheamicin γ1I
■ highly potent antitumour agent
■ enediyne constrained in 10-membered ring
■ ends of enediyne brought in close proximity by conformational change on conjugate addition of
thiolate
■ Bergman cyclisation occurs to give a diradical which abstracts hydrogen atoms from DNA
causing DNA damage