BASE STRENGTHS OF SOME SATURATED CYCLIC ETHERS IN AQUEOUS SULFURIC ACID
BASE STRENGTHS OF SOME SATURATED CYCLIC ETHERS IN AQUEOUS SULFURIC ACID
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00868a038
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
WU, CY
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作者:
ARNETT, EM;WU, CY
The pKPs of the oxonium ions of eight cyclic ethers have been determined by the solvent extraction-glc technique and found to follow the same order of basicity as was previously determined for the same ethers against six other acidic systems. The saturated cyclic ethers are more basic than their open chain analogs and steric hindrance to solvation is of much less importance than in acyclic compounds. A reverse I-strain order is found in the series: hexamethylene oxide> tetrahydro-furan> tetrahydropyran, and also appears to obtain for the analogous¡ mines. This cannot be explained by the usual polar or steric factors. An interpretation is advanced in terms of electron-correlation forces in the free base which lead to relief of non-bonded interactions upon protonation. When compared to the position of morpholine on the scale of basicities of saturated amines, dioxane is surprisingly basic. An explanation for this anomaly is presented.