π-Charge distribution in some (4-R1-phenyl)bis(ethylsulfonyl)methane and (4-R1-phenyl)bis(benzylsulfonyl)methane carbanions in acetonitrile

Autor: Wlodzimierz Galezowski, Arnold Jarczewski, Iwona Binkowska
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Molecular Structure. 1018:96-101
ISSN: 0022-2860
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2011.12.021
Popis: The π-electron densities in the carbanions of (4-R 1 -phenyl)bis(ethylsulfonyl)methanes and (4-R 1 -phenyl)bis(benzylsulfonyl)methanes were calculated from 13 C NMR shifts in acetonitrile using the method of Bradamante et al. According to this analysis about half of excess π-electron density is shifted from the α-carbon to the two ethylsulfonyl or benzylsulfonyl groups. The charge delocalization over the 4-R 1 -phenyl group is relatively weak which is consistent with low sensitivity of p K a values of these carbon acids to the para substitution. Nevertheless the small changes in π charge at C α , caused by substitution on the phenyl, correlate well with the acidity of carbon acids in acetonitrile. The p K a values for nine disulfonyl carbon acids in acetonitrile have been determined by conductometric method; they fall in the range 19–24.
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