2013 |
Ormazabal-Toledo, R; Contreras, R; Campodonico, P R Reactivity Indices Profile: A Companion Tool of the Potential Energy Surface for the Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions as Test Case Artículo de revista Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78 (3), pp. 1091-1097, 2013, ISSN: 0022-3263. Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: aprotic-solvent, electrophilicity hardness hydrogen-bonds, index, ortho-para ratio, secondary-amines @article{RN166, title = {Reactivity Indices Profile: A Companion Tool of the Potential Energy Surface for the Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions as Test Case}, author = { R. Ormazabal-Toledo and R. Contreras and P.R. Campodonico}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000314558300028}, doi = {10.1021/jo3025048}, issn = {0022-3263}, year = {2013}, date = {2013-01-01}, journal = {Journal of Organic Chemistry}, volume = {78}, number = {3}, pages = {1091-1097}, abstract = {We herein report on the usefulness of the reactivity indices profiles along a reaction coordinate. The model is tested to fully describe the reaction mechanism of the title reactions. Group nucleophilicity and electrophilicity profiles help describe the bond-breaking/bond-formation processes and the intramolecular electron density reorganization. The reactivity indices' profile analysis is consistently complemented with hydrogen bonding (HB) effects along the reaction coordinate: the final outcome of the reaction is determined by the stage at which the HB complex can be formed. Transition-state structures located for six reactions studied, including the charged nucleophile thiocyanate, show that the main stabilizing interaction is that formed between the hydrogen atom of the nucleophile and the o-NO2 group. This result discards the role of HB interaction between the nucleophile and the leaving group previously proposed in the literature.}, keywords = {aprotic-solvent, electrophilicity hardness hydrogen-bonds, index, ortho-para ratio, secondary-amines}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } We herein report on the usefulness of the reactivity indices profiles along a reaction coordinate. The model is tested to fully describe the reaction mechanism of the title reactions. Group nucleophilicity and electrophilicity profiles help describe the bond-breaking/bond-formation processes and the intramolecular electron density reorganization. The reactivity indices' profile analysis is consistently complemented with hydrogen bonding (HB) effects along the reaction coordinate: the final outcome of the reaction is determined by the stage at which the HB complex can be formed. Transition-state structures located for six reactions studied, including the charged nucleophile thiocyanate, show that the main stabilizing interaction is that formed between the hydrogen atom of the nucleophile and the o-NO2 group. This result discards the role of HB interaction between the nucleophile and the leaving group previously proposed in the literature. |
2013 |
Reactivity Indices Profile: A Companion Tool of the Potential Energy Surface for the Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions as Test Case Artículo de revista Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78 (3), pp. 1091-1097, 2013, ISSN: 0022-3263. |