DIRECTIVE EFFECTS IN AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS .14. SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION
DIRECTIVE EFFECTS IN AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS .14. SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION
复制标题
DOI:
10.1021/ja01565a039
复制
发表时间:
1957-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
OKAMOTO, Y
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
BROWN, HC;OKAMOTO, Y
A plot of the logarithms of the rate constants for the solvolysis of the meta and para substitutedphenyldimethylcarbinyl chlorides against the Hammett-constants reveals an excellent correlation in the case of the meta derivatives but serious deviations for the para substituents. The deviations are in the direction t< 3 be anticipated for important resonance interactions between the para substituent and the electron deficient center of theincipient carbonium ion in the transition state. The meta derivatives are used to establish p for the reaction (—4.620). A new set of r-constants for the para substituents is then calculated from this p-value and the observed solvolysis rates. The available data, on the rates of the nitration of monosubstituted aromatics, the halogenation of aromatics, the brominolysis of arylboronic acids and the protonolysis of aryltrimethylsilanes exhibit important deviations using the Hammett¡ r-yalues, but they givegood agreement with the ay-values. It is proposed that the+-values may provide a quantitative basis for the treatment of directive effects in aromatic substitution.The Hammett equation, limited though it is to meta and para derivatives of aromatic systems, has provided the most successful approach to a quanti-tative treatment of the effects of structure upon re-action rates. 4· 6 Its success in treating the side-chain reactions of aromatic systems has led to a number of attempts to apply the treatment to nuclear substitution reactions. Hammett himself realized a measure of success in treating the avail-able nitration data6 in terms of his-values. 4 As additional substitution data have become available, it has become apparent that this simple treatment cannot suffice. Thus the presently avail-able data on aromatic nitration show serious deviations in the Hammett treatment. 7 It was pointed out that ortho-para directing groups, through resonance interaction with theelectron deficient transi-tion state, might be able to stabilize the transition state for para nitration to a far greater extent than would be expected from the value of the-constant for thesubstituents. 7