AN INTERPRETATION OF THE CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF 5-MEMBERED AND 6-MEMBERED RING COMPOUNDS
AN INTERPRETATION OF THE CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF 5-MEMBERED AND 6-MEMBERED RING COMPOUNDS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01631a041
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SHECHTER, H
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作者:
BROWN, HC;BREWSTER, JH;SHECHTER, H
Ring compounds, from small2 3to large, 8 exhibit numerous unusual chemical characteristics. In previous papers it was pointed out that a great deal of the chemistry dealing with reaction at one of the ring atoms can be systematized in terms of the change in internal strain accompanying the change in coordination number of the ring atom participating in the reaction (I-strain). 4· 5 For small rings (3 to 4 ring members) the internal strain arises primarily from the distortions of the normal bond angles. 6 In 5-and 6-and larger rings the strain is attributed primarily to repulsion terms arising from unfavorable conformations. 7 In the present paper we wish to suggest a simple generalization which serves to correlatemany of the unusual chemical characteristics of rings of five or six members. The generalization includes such diverse substances as the cyclic ketones, lactones and lactals, cyclic imides, the sugar aldehydes and acids, exo and endo tautomers and isomers, and the terpene hydrocarbons. An empirical approach will be utilized in de-veloping the generalization. Following a survey of its applicability and utility, it will be shown to be consistent with available thermochemical data. Finally the theoretical implications will be explored. The GeneralizationConsiderable data now exist to establish that reactions involving a change in coordination num-ber of a ring atom from four to three proceed rapidly in cyclopentane and slowly in cyclohexane deriva-tives. 4 A typical example is furnished by the sol-volysis of tertiary halides in aqueous (80%) ethanol. 6 (Only the rate-determining stage is indicated.) RC1+ H20 fíRH Cl-