Protonation Equilibrium of 4-Substituted Benzohydroxamic Acids in Mineral Acids

Linear Free-Energy Relationships in the Protonation Equilibria and Acid–Base Catalysed Reaction of 4-Substituted Benzohydroxamic Acids

As part of our investigations on the structure-reactivity relationships in protonation and hydrolysis of hydroxamic acids, we have now studied a series of 4-substituted benzohydroxamic acids (4-X-C6H4.CO.NH(OH), with X = H, Me, OMe, Cl, Br, F and NO2) in aqueous sulfuric acid. Good correlation was observed pointing out the validity of the Hammett equation. The protonation constant, ionization constant and rate constant for acid- and base-catalysed hydrolysis reactions seems are to be related in a linear free-energy (LEER) fashion.

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Mineral Acid Catalysed Reactions of Hydroxamic Acids

There is currently a great deal of interest in the chemistry of hydroxamic acids. In recent years we have been studying the synthesis, structure and nucleophilicities of hydroxamic acids. This paper reports a kinetic study of reactivity of some hydroxamic acids RC(O)·N(OH)R′; R=C6H5·CH=CH, R′=4-CH3·C6H4 [p-tolylcinnamo hydroxamic acid]; R=C6H5, R′=4-CH3·C6H4 [p-tolylbenzo hydroxamic acid]; R=C6H5, R′=2-CH3·C6H4 [o-tolylbenzo hydroxamic acid] in aqueous mineral acids (HCl, HClO4 and H2SO4). The rate data of hydrolysis reaction revealed that the reactivity/stability sequence of the compounds is generally p-TBHA>o-TBHA>p-TCHA. An excess acidity analysis reveals that the reaction proceeds by nucleophilic attack of water molecule on the protonated substrate.

Ring-substituted benzohydroxamic acids: 1H, 13C and 15N NMR spectra and NH-OH proton exchange

NMR spectra (1H, 13C, 15N) of para- and meta-substituted benzohydroxamic acids were studied in dry dimethyl sulfoxide solutions. The 13C chemical shifts were very close to those found by cross-polarization magic angle spinning in solids, the hydroxamic (not hydroximic) structure of which is unambiguous. The hydroxamic structure of these acids in DMSO solutions was proved independently by their 15N chemical shifts. The 15N and 1H chemical shifts of the NH-OH fragment showed excellent mutual dependences and dependences on the nature of the ring substituent. According to these dependences and ab initio energy calculations, all the acids assume the same Z conformation. Proton exchange between hydroxamic OH and NH groups in DMSO proceeded by both intra- and intermolecular exchange and the rates did not exhibit any simple relationship to the substituent constants.

Hydroxamic acids as weak base indicators: protonation in strong acid media

The protonation equilibria of N-phenylbenzohydroxamic, benzohydroxamic, salicylhydroxamic, and N-p-tolylcinnamohydroxamic acids have been studied at 25 degrees C in concentrated sulfuric, hydrochloric, and perchloric acid media; the UV-vis spectral measurements were analyzed using the Hammett equation and the Bunnett-Olsen and excess acidity methods. The medium effects observed in the UV spectral curves were corrected with the Cox-Yates and vector analysis methods. The H(A) acidity function based on benzamides provided the best results. The range of variation of the solvation coefficient m is similar to that of amides, this indicating similar solvation requirements for amides and hydroxamic acids. For the same substrate, the observed variations of pK(BH)(+) with the mineral acid used was justified by formation of solvent-separated ion pairs; for the same mineral acid, the observed changes in pK(BH)(+) can be explained by the solvation of BH(+). The change of the pK(BH)(+) values was in reasonably good agreement with the sequence of the catalytic efficiency of the mineral acids used, HCl > H(2)SO(4) > HClO(4).