Kinetic effects of increased proton transfer distance on proton-coupled oxidations of phenol-amines.
Kinetic effects of increased proton transfer distance on proton-coupled oxidations of phenol-amines.
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DOI:
10.1021/ja2056853
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发表时间:
2011-11-02
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Mayer, James M.
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作者:
Markle, Todd F.;Rhile, Ian J.;Mayer, James M.
To test the effect of varying the proton donor-acceptor distance in proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions, the oxidation of a bicyclic amino-indanol (2) is compared with that of a closely related phenol with an ortho CPh2NH2 substituent (1). Spectroscopic, structural, thermochemical and computational studies show that the two amino-phenols are very similar, except that the O⋯N distance (dON) is >0.1 Å longer in 2 than in 1. The difference in dON is 0.13 ± 0.03 Å from X-ray crystallography and 0.165 Å from DFT calculations. Oxidations of these phenols by outer-sphere oxidants yield distonic radical cations •OAr–NH3+ by concerted proton-electron transfer (CPET). Simple tunneling and classical kinetic models both predict that the longer donor-acceptor distance in 2 should lead to slower reactions, by ca. two orders of magnitude, as well as larger H/D kinetic isotope effects (KIEs). However, kinetic studies show that the compound with the longer proton-transfer distance, 2, exhibits smaller KIEs and has rate constants that are quite close to those of 1. For example, the oxidation of 2 by the triarylamminium radical cation N(C6H4OMe)3•+ (3a+) occurs at (1.4 ± 0.1) × 104 M-1 s-1, only a factor of two slower than the closely related reaction of 1 with N(C6H4OMe)2(C6H4Br)•+ (3b+). This difference in rate constants is well accounted for by the slightly different free energies of reaction: ΔG°(2 + 3a+) = +0.078 V vs. ΔG°(1 + 3b+) = +0.04 V. The two phenol-amines do display some subtle kinetic differences: for instance, compound 2 has a shallower dependence of CPET rate constants on driving force (Brønsted α, Δln(k)/Δln(Keq)). These results show that the simple tunneling model is not a good predictor of the effect of proton donor-acceptor distance on concerted-electron transfer reactions involving strongly hydrogen-bonded systems. Computational analysis of the observed similarity of the two phenols emphasizes the importance of the highly anharmonic O⋯H⋯N potential energy surface and the influence of proton vibrational excited states.
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影响因子:
15
作者:
Costentin, Cyrille;Robert, Marc;Saveant, Jean-Michel
通讯作者:
Saveant, Jean-Michel
影响因子:
4
作者:
Benisvy, L;Bill, E;Wilson, C
通讯作者:
Wilson, C
影响因子:
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作者:
BRAGA, TG;WAHL, AC
通讯作者:
WAHL, AC
DOI:
10.1524/zpch.217.12.1507.20477
发表时间:
2003-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
作者:
Doslic, N;Kühn, O
通讯作者:
Kühn, O
影响因子:
15
作者:
Bonin, Julien;Costentin, Cyrille;Saveant, Jean-Michel
通讯作者:
Saveant, Jean-Michel