STRUCTURE ENERGY RELATIONS FOR THE ALDOL REACTION IN NONPOLAR MEDIA
STRUCTURE ENERGY RELATIONS FOR THE ALDOL REACTION IN NONPOLAR MEDIA
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00158a047
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发表时间:
1990-01-17
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
RIBEIRO, AA
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作者:
ARNETT, EM;FISHER, FJ;RIBEIRO, AA
A complete thermochemical analysis is presented for the aldol reaction of lithiopinacolonate with pivalaldehyde in hexane at 25 C and in cyclohexane at 25 and 6 C. Reactions were performed in the presence and absence of tetrahydrofuran, tetramethylethylenediamine, and dimethoxyethane. Solution structures of the reactants and products were determined by using colligative property techniques (vapor pressure osmometry and freezing point depression) to measure the degrees of aggregation and by using 6Li and 2D 6Li-'H heteronuclear Overhauser enhancement (HOESY) NMR. Titration calorimetry was used to determine the heats of reaction of pivalaldehyde with the hexameric lithiopinacolonate, the tetrameric and dimeric enolate-ligand complexes, and heats of interaction of the hexameric enolate with the ligands. It is shown that the tetrameric lithium aldolate product does not complex with any of the three ligands in hydrocarbon solution. A complete description of experimental techniques is given, and most of the data have been confirmed by two complete and independent repetitions. However, attention is drawn to an erroneous, and presently unexplained value (7/=-30.19 keal/mol) reported in our previous communication for the aldol reaction of the uncomplexed hexameric lithiopinacolonatewith pivalaldehyde inhexane at 25 C. To our knowledge, the present article is the first complete structure-energy analysis of an aldol reaction under conditions approaching thoseused in modern synthesis. The results emphasize the importance of caution in proposing detailed mechanisms for thisimportant reaction.