AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION .13. COMPARISON OF NITRIC ACID AND MIXED ACID NITRATION OF ALKYLBENZENES AND BENZENE WITH NITRONIUM SALT NITRATIONS
AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION .13. COMPARISON OF NITRIC ACID AND MIXED ACID NITRATION OF ALKYLBENZENES AND BENZENE WITH NITRONIUM SALT NITRATIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00878a019
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
KUHN, SJ
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作者:
OLAH, GA;FLOOD, SH;KUHN, SJ
A comparison of nitric acid and mixed acid nitrations of alkylbenzenes and benzene in nitromethane, acetic acid, acetic anhydride, tetramethylene sulfone and sulfuric acid solutions with nitronium salt nitrations was carried out. In sulfuric acid solutions or in concentrated organic solutions using mixed acid, where detectable amounts of X02+ are present, nitrations show a low substrate but high positional selectivity, in complete agreement with previous observations of nitrations with preprepared X02+ salts. In dilute organic solutions of the acids there is no spectroscopically (Raman and infrared) detectable amount of nitronium ion and the slow kinetic step of these reactions must be considered to be the formation of NOT. The interaction with the aromatic substrate must be taking place even before the nitronium ion is completely formed and its weaker electrophile precursor shows higher substrate selectivity. Cryoscopic investigation of tetramethylene sulfone solutions of NOTBF·-gave evidence of very limited ion separation. Therefore, nitrations with nitronium salts in organic solvents cannot be considered as interaction of the free NOT ion with aromatics, but as nucleophilic displacement of the solvated NOTBFT ion pair by the aromatics. An interaction of this type is in accordance with substantial activation energy needed for the formation of an oriented-complex type activated state, suggested for nitronium salt nitrations previously.