FLASH-PHOTOLYTIC GENERATION OF ACETOPHENONE ENOL - THE KETO ENOL EQUILIBRIUM-CONSTANT AND PKA OF ACETOPHENONE IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTION
FLASH-PHOTOLYTIC GENERATION OF ACETOPHENONE ENOL - THE KETO ENOL EQUILIBRIUM-CONSTANT AND PKA OF ACETOPHENONE IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTION
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00333a049
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
WIRZ, J
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作者:
CHIANG, Y;KRESGE, AJ;WIRZ, J
Acetophenone enol was generated by Norrish type II photoelimination of .gamma.-hydroxybutyrophenone, and its rate of ketonization has been measured in dilute aqueous HCl solutions. These data, in combination with the specific rate of acid-catalyzed enolization of acetophenone, give a value of the keto-enol equilibrium constant which is in good agreement with another result based upon enolization and ketonization rate constants measured in NaOH solutions. The average of these determinations gives pKE = 7.90 .+-. 0.02. This, when combined with the known acid-dissociation constant of acetophenone enol, leads to pKaK = 18.24 .+-. 0.03 for the acidity constant of acetophenone ionizing as a carbon acid. The present results allow an estimate of the specific rate of proton transfer from H3O+ to the .beta.-carbon atom of acetophenone enolate ion, .kappa. = (4.2 .+-. 1.2) .times. 1010 M-1 s-1, which is so great as to suggest that this reaction occurs through proton transfer down hydrogen-bonded solvent bridges between acid and substrate.