Anilinolysis of nitro‐substituted diphenyl ethers in acetonitrile: The effect of some ortho‐substituents on the mechanism of SNAr reactions

dc.contributor.authorIsanbor, C.
dc.contributor.authorEmokpae, T.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-24T14:42:43Z
dc.date.available2019-08-24T14:42:43Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-11
dc.description.abstractRate data are reported for the reactions of a series of X‐phenyl 2,4,6‐trinitrophenyl ethers 1a–e[X = H, 4‐NO2, 2‐NO2, 2,4‐(NO2)2, or 2,6‐(NO2)2] with substituted anilines 2a–e [Y = H, 2‐CH3, 2,4‐(CH3)2, 2,6‐(CH3)2, or N‐CH3] in acetonitrile as solvent. For individual amine, kinetic data show that there is little steric hindrance to attack at the 1‐position of the parent molecules, even in the presence of di‐ortho substitution. With each substrate, however, there is evidence for significant steric interactions; such effects leading to rate retardation were very severe for 2,6‐dimethylaniline 2d (2,6‐(CH3)2) and N‐methylaniline 2e (Y = N‐CH3), the deactivating effect of N‐CH3 in most cases is slightly higher than that of 2,6‐(CH3)2. However, the reactions with 2e are base catalyzed whereas those of 2d are not. The corresponding reactions with aniline 2a (Y = H) and mono‐ortho methyl‐substituted aniline 2b (Y = CH3) are wholly base catalyzed. Only with the dinitro substrates, an uncatalyzed reaction is observed and when X = 2,6‐(NO2)2 this pathway takes all the reaction flux. A rationale is provided for the dichotomy of amine effects observed in this investigation. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 37–49, 2010en_US
dc.identifier.citationIsanbor, C., & Emokpae, T. A. (2010). Anilinolysis of nitro‐substituted diphenyl ethers in acetonitrile: The effect of some ortho‐substituents on the mechanism of SNAr reactions. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 42(1), 37-49.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4700
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Kineticsen_US
dc.subjectsubstituent effectsen_US
dc.subjectanilinesen_US
dc.titleAnilinolysis of nitro‐substituted diphenyl ethers in acetonitrile: The effect of some ortho‐substituents on the mechanism of SNAr reactionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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