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Competitive Reaction Pathways in the Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Aryl Benzenesulfonates with Benzylamines in Acetonitrile
Choi, Jin Heui,Lee, Byung Choon,Lee, Hai Whang,Lee, Ikchoon
, p. 1277 - 1281 (2007/10/03)
The reactions of aryl benzenesulfonates (YC6H4SO2OC6H4Z) with benzylamines (XC6H4CH2NH2) in acetonitrile at 65.0 deg C have been studied. The reactons proceed competitevely by S-O (kS-O) and C-O (kC-O) bond scission, but the former provides the major reaction pathway. On the basis of analysis of the Hammet and Broensted coefficients together with the cross-interaction constants ρXY, ρYZ, and ρXZ, stepwise mechanisms are proposed in which the S-O bond cleavage proceeds by rate-limiting formation of a trigonal-bipyramidal pentacoordinate (TBP-5C) intermediate, whereas the C-O bond scission takes place by rate-limiting expulsion of the sulfonate anion (YC6H4SO3-) from a Meisenheimer-type complex.