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Substitution of 9-(α-bromo-α-arylmethylene)fluorenes by thiolate ions in aqueous acetonitrile

✍ Scribed by Zvi Rappoport; Bagrat A. Shainyan


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
98 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-3230

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✦ Synopsis


The substitution of 9-(␣-bromo-␣-arylmethylene)fluorenes by MeS ؊ and p-TolS ؊ ions in 80% MeCN-20% H 2 O is a second-order reaction. With MeS ؊ , for the change of the ␣-aryl group, Hammett's = 1•07 in MeCN. The reaction rate decreases on increasing the water content of the medium. The reactions proceed by the Ad N -E route and no competitive S N 1 reaction was observed. The expected influence of the changes in the substituent, solvent, nucleophile and nucleofuge on the competition between the Ad N -E and S N 1 reactions was analyzed.