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Gahlot S, Schmitt JL, Chevalier A, Villa M, Roy M, Ceroni P, Lehn JM, Gingras M. "The Sulfur Dance" Around Arenes and Heteroarenes - the Reversible Nature of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400231. [PMID: 38289151 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
We disclose the features of a category of reversible nucleophilic aromatic substitutions in view of their significance and generality in dynamic aromatic chemistry. Exchange of sulfur components surrounding arenes and heteroarenes may occur at 25 °C, in a process that one may call a "sulfur dance". These SNAr systems present their own features, apart from common reversible reactions utilized in dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC). By varying conditions, covalent dynamics may operate to provide libraries of thiaarenes with some selectivity, or conversion of a hexa(thio)benzene asterisk into another one. The reversible nature of SNAr is confirmed by three methods: a convergence of the products distribution in reversible SNAr systems, a related product redistribution between two per(thio)benzenes by using a thiolate promoter, and from kinetic/thermodynamic data. A four-component dynamic covalent system further illustrates the thermodynamically-driven formation of a thiacalix[2]arene[2]pyrimidine by sulfur component exchanges. This work stimulates the implementation of reversible SNAr in aromatic chemistry and in DCC.
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- Sapna Gahlot
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CINaM, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CINaM, 13288, Marseille, France
- Department of Chemistry ("Giacomo Ciamician"), University of Bologna, Via Selmi, 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CINaM, 13288, Marseille, France
- Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry ("Giacomo Ciamician"), University of Bologna, Via Selmi, 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CINaM, 13288, Marseille, France
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Campodónico PR, Alarcón-Espósito J, Olivares B. Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism of Biothiols Involved in S NAr Reactions: An Experimental Study. Front Chem 2022; 10:854918. [PMID: 35755252 PMCID: PMC9213796 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.854918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Few kinetic parameters, or reaction rates, are known up to date in detail about 1-chloro and 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (ClDNB and FDNB, respectively) with a series of biothiols in aqueous media. These biological nucleophiles with thiol groups have been widely used as a reference in nucleophile reactivity assays due to their prevalence and cellular abundance. The main aim of this study was to elucidate the reaction mechanism based on Brönsted-type plots and reactivity patterns of the electrophile/nucleophile pairs. A complete kinetic study was performed in terms of the comparison of Brönsted-type slope parameters (βnuc) for the reactions and was used for assigning the mechanism and the rate-determining step associated with the reaction route. A mass spectrometry analysis demonstrated that the nucleophilic center of the biothiols is the -SH group and there is only one kinetic product. The kinetic study suggests that the reaction mechanism might be the borderline between concerted and stepwise pathways. An amine–enol equilibrium for the most reactive nucleophiles appears to be the main determining factor controlling the nucleophilic attack in the nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions investigated, highlighting the anionic form for these nucleophiles. This amine–enol equilibrium involves a hydrogen bond which stabilizes the intermediate species in the reaction pathway. Thus, intramolecular bonds are formed and enhance the nucleophilic strength through the contribution of the solvent surrounding the electrophile/nucleophile pairs. Finally, we highlight the importance of the formation of electrophile/nucleophile adducts that could modify structures and/or functions of biological systems with potential toxic effects. Therefore, it is essential to know all these kinetic and reactivity patterns and their incidence on other studies.
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- Paola R Campodónico
- Centro de Química Médica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Química Médica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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Campodónico PR, Tapia RA, Suárez-Rozas C. How the Nature of an Alpha-Nucleophile Determines a Brønsted Type-Plot and Its Reaction Pathways. An Experimental Study. Front Chem 2022; 9:740161. [PMID: 35186890 PMCID: PMC8847609 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.740161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The reactions between 2-chloro-5-nitro pyrimidine with a serie of α-nucleophile derivatives were kinetically evaluated. The kinetic study was carried out in aqueous media and the data shown an unusual split on the Brønsted type-plot, opening a controversial discussion based on reactivities and possible reaction pathways. These split Brønsted type-plots are discussed over the hypothetical transition state (TS) structures associated to concerted or stepwise mechanisms with emphasis on hydrogen bond interactions between electrophile/nucleophile pair able to determine the reactivities and the plausible reaction routes.
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- Paola R. Campodónico
- Centro de Química Médica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Química Médica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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Ormazábal-Toledo R, Richter S, Robles-Navarro A, Maulén B, Matute RA, Gallardo-Fuentes S. Meisenheimer complexes as hidden intermediates in the aza-S NAr mechanism. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 18:4238-4247. [PMID: 32432594 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00600a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this work we report a computational study about the aza-SNAr mechanism in fluorine- and chlorine-containing azines with the aim to unravel the physical factors that determine the reactivity patterns in these heterocycles towards propylamine. The nature of the reaction intermediate was analyzed in terms of its electronic structure based on a topological analysis framework in some non-stationary points along the reaction coordinate. The mechanistic dichotomy of a concerted or a stepwise pathway is interpreted in terms of the qualitative Diabatic Model of Intermediate Stabilization (DMIS) approach, providing a general mechanistic picture for the SNAr process involving both activated benzenes and nitrogen-containing heterocycles. With the information collected, a unified vision of the Meisenheimer complexes as transition state, hidden intermediate or real intermediate was proposed.
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- Rodrigo Ormazábal-Toledo
- Centro Integrativo de Biología y Química Aplicada (CIBQA), Universidad Bernardo OHiggins, Santiago 8370854, Chile. and Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile and Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Avda. Ecuador 3493, 9170124 Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro Integrativo de Biología y Química Aplicada (CIBQA), Universidad Bernardo OHiggins, Santiago 8370854, Chile. and Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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Campodónico PR, Olivares B, Tapia RA. Experimental Analyses Emphasize the Stability of the Meisenheimer Complex in a S NAr Reaction Toward Trends in Reaction Pathways. Front Chem 2020; 8:583. [PMID: 32754575 PMCID: PMC7366874 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The mechanism of SNAr reactions between 2-chloro-5-nitropyrimidine with primary and secondary alicyclic amines, respectively, have been studied by kinetic measurements. The kinetic data obtained in aqueous media opens a controversial discussion based on Brönsted-type plots analysis. The first approach based on the kinetic data reveals a non-catalyzed pathway. Then, the subtlety of the mathematical treatment of the kinetic data is discussed over a concerted or stepwise mechanism, respectively.
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- Paola R Campodónico
- Centro de Química Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Química Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Rohrbach S, Smith AJ, Pang JH, Poole DL, Tuttle T, Chiba S, Murphy JA. Concerted Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16368-16388. [PMID: 30990931 PMCID: PMC6899550 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recent developments in experimental and computational chemistry have identified a rapidly growing class of nucleophilic aromatic substitutions that proceed by concerted (cSN Ar) rather than classical, two-step, SN Ar mechanisms. Whereas traditional SN Ar reactions require substantial activation of the aromatic ring by electron-withdrawing substituents, such activating groups are not mandatory in the concerted pathways.
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- Simon Rohrbach
- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde295 Cathedral StreetGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde295 Cathedral StreetGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological ChemistrySchool of Physical and Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore637371Singapore
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research CentreGunnels Wood RoadStevenageSG1 2NYUK
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde295 Cathedral StreetGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological ChemistrySchool of Physical and Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore637371Singapore
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde295 Cathedral StreetGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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Rohrbach S, Smith AJ, Pang JH, Poole DL, Tuttle T, Chiba S, Murphy JA. Konzertierte nukleophile aromatische Substitutionen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201902216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Simon Rohrbach
- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological ChemistrySchool of Physical and Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapur
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage SG1 2NY Großbritannien
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological ChemistrySchool of Physical and Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapur
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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Sánchez B, Calderón C, Tapia RA, Contreras R, Campodónico PR. Activation of Electrophile/Nucleophile Pair by a Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Solvation in a S NAr Reaction. Front Chem 2018; 6:509. [PMID: 30406087 PMCID: PMC6206274 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions of 4-chloroquinazoline toward aniline and hydrazine were used as a model system to experimentally show that a substrate bearing heteroatoms on the aromatic ring as substituent is able to establish intramolecular hydrogen bond which may be activated by the reaction media and/or the nature of the nucleophile.
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- Bruno Sánchez
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Química Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Quimica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Química Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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