STERIC ACCELERATION THROUGH REGULATION OF ROTATIONAL CONFORMATION - THE SMILES REARRANGEMENT
STERIC ACCELERATION THROUGH REGULATION OF ROTATIONAL CONFORMATION - THE SMILES REARRANGEMENT
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01601a055
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
OKAMOTO, T
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作者:
BUNNETT, JF;OKAMOTO, T
The rate of rearrangement of a 2-hydroxy-2'-nitrodiphenyl sulfone to a 2-(o-nitrophenoxy)-benzenesulfinic acid is in-creased about 500,000-fold by the introduction of a methyl chloro or bromo substituent in the 6-position. Since both electron-releasing and electron-attracting 6-substituents cause similar tremendousincreases in rate, the origin of the accelera-tion is steric and not electronic. The mechanism of the acceleration is discussed.In 1937, McClement and Smiles4 reported that the Smiles rearrangement of 2-hydroxy-2'-nitro-diphenyl sulfones to 2-(o-nitrophenoxy)-benzenesulfinic acids is accelerated by methyl groups in the 6-position. The cause of the acceleration, they said, was electron-release from the methyl group to the sulfone bridge which thereby was rendered less