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The Participation of 3,3,3-Trichloro-1-nitroprop-1-ene in the [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction with Selected Nitrile N -Oxides in the Light of the Experimental and MEDT Quantum Chemical Study.
- Source :
- Molecules; Nov2021, Vol. 26 Issue 22, p6774-6774, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The regioselective zw-type [3 + 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reactions of a series of aryl-substituted nitrile N-oxides (NOs) with trichloronitropropene (TNP) have been both experimentally and theoretically studied within the Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT). Zwitterionic NOs behave as moderate nucleophiles while TNP acts as a very strong electrophile in these polar 32CA reactions of forward electron density flux, which present moderate activation Gibbs free energies of 22.8–25.6 kcal·mol<superscript>−1</superscript> and an exergonic character of 28.4 kcal·mol<superscript>−1</superscript> that makes them irreversible and kinetically controlled. The most favorable reaction is that involving the most nucleophilic MeO-substituted NO. Despite Parr functions correctly predicting the experimental regioselectivity with the most favorable O-CCCl<subscript>3</subscript> interaction, these reactions follow a two-stage one-step mechanism in which formation of the O-C(CCl<subscript>3</subscript>) bond takes place once the C-C(NO<subscript>2</subscript>) bond is already formed. The present MEDT concludes that the reactivity differences in the series of NOs come from their different nucleophilic activation and polar character of the reactions, rather than any mechanistic feature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RING formation (Chemistry)
ELECTRON density
ADHESION
ACTINIC flux
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14203049
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Molecules
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154368836
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26226774