tert-butylcyanoketene-substituted styrene cycloadditions. A kinetic study

Sk Asrof Ali*, Mohammed Muqtar, Abdulrahman H. Al-Husaini

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Abstract

Rate constants for the cycloaddition of tert-butylcyanoketene (TBCK) 1 with various substituted styrenes at different temperatures have been determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The addition reaction afforded contra-thermodynamic adducts 3 stereoselectively; a way has been found to convert adducts 3 into thermodynamic cyclobutanones 4. The activation parameters of cycloadditions along with the Hammett reaction constant p and the solvent effect on cycloreversion of 3 indicate a concerted asynchronous mechanism involving a transition state with some degree of charge separation. An approximate difference in the energy of activation between the favourable and unfavourable mode of TBCK-p-methoxystyrene addition has been determined to be 10.6 kJ mol-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1001-1006
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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