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Electronegativity Effects in Organic-synthesis - Differences in Stability of Isomeric Substituted Alkanes

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Harvey, JN. Viehe, HG.

Selectivity is such an intellectually, economically, and ecologically important matter in organic synthesis that it is highly desirable to know all the factors, both kinetic and thermodynamic, which influence it. We were surprised by the high selectivity obtained in an equilibration of isomeric beta-thioalkyl trifluoroacetates, because the thermodynamic difference implied by this and other, similar, rearrangements did not appear to have been explained. It now appears that this difference is due to the thermochemical effect whereby polar substituents bind more strongly to alkyl groups of complementary polarity; in other words electronegative atoms prefer more ''procationic'' tertiary and secondary alkyl groups, electropositive ones prefer the more ''proanionic'' primary alkyl and methyl groups. This small but significant (1 to 7 kcal . mol(-1)) effect is well documented by thermochemical data, and has been described several times; it can be predicted qualitatively by Pauling's formula relating bond energy, bond polarisation, and electronegativity. We first describe how the electronegativity effect explains our observations: they are due to the higher electronegativity of oxygen and chlorine relative to that of sulfur. We then go on to show that it is useful for the interpretation of many other literature reports, ranging from the acid-catalysed isomerization of alkyl halides, to the carbocyclization of organozinc reagents, and the isomerization of alkyl-transition metal complexes (a key step for the selectivity of important industrial processes such as alkene hydroformylation).

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Synthèse de littérature
Publication date 1995
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal fuer Praktische Chemie. Chemiker-Zeitung" - Vol. 337, no. 4, p. 253-265 (1995)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag (Heidelberg)
issn 0941-1216
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL
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Bibliographic reference Harvey, JN. ; Viehe, HG.. Electronegativity Effects in Organic-synthesis - Differences in Stability of Isomeric Substituted Alkanes. In: Journal fuer Praktische Chemie. Chemiker-Zeitung, Vol. 337, no. 4, p. 253-265 (1995)
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