Schaffarczyk McHale KS, Haines RS, Harper JB. The Dependence of Ionic Liquid Solvent Effects on the Nucleophilic Heteroatom in S
N Ar Reactions. Highlighting the Potential for Control of Selectivity.
Chempluschem 2019;
84:465-473. [PMID:
31943898 DOI:
10.1002/cplu.201900173]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SN Ar) reactions of 1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene using similar nitrogen and sulfur nucleophiles were studied through extensive kinetic analysis in mixtures containing ionic liquids. The interactions of the ionic liquid components with the starting materials and transition state for each process were investigated in an attempt to construct a broad predictive framework for how ionic liquids affect reaction outcome. It was found that, based on the activation parameters, the microscopic interactions and thus the ionic liquid solvent effect were different for each of the nucleophiles considered. The results from this study suggest that it may be possible to rationally select a given ionic liquid mixture to selectively control reaction outcome of an SN Ar reaction where multiple nucleophiles are present.
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