Reestimation of the Taft's substituent constant of the pentafluorophenyl group
Reestimation of the Taft's substituent constant of the pentafluorophenyl group
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DOI:
10.1021/jo048939g
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发表时间:
2004-10-15
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Sakai, T
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作者:
Korenaga, T;Kadowaki, K;Sakai, T
The Taft's substituent constant of the pentafluorophenyl group (sigma*(C6F5)) was reestimated to be 1.50 by correlation between IR spectral data (u(C=O)) and sigma* constants for a series of esters (involving the pentafluorobenzyl group) of 3-phenylpropanoic acid and butanoic acid. The possibility of the disturbance of the correlation by the intramolecular pi-pi interaction between C6F5 and C6H5 groups in pentafluorobenzyl 3-phenylpropanoate was excluded by ab initio and DFT calculations of the stable conformations and their carbonyl frequencies. The reestimated (sigma*(C6F5) value was used for calculation of the pK(a) value of pentafluorobenzyl alcohol [14.5 (or 14.3)].