3d-orbital resonance in divalent sulphide—X

Autor: Shigeru Oae, K. Uneyama, Waichiro Tagaki, I. Minamida
Rok vydání: 1968
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron. 24:5283-5291
ISSN: 0040-4020
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96324-0
Popis: Several α-mercaptoacetic and related acids were synthesized and the rates of the amine-catalysed decarboxylation were measured. In the carbanion-forming reaction, the α-mercapto group exhibits a dramatic rate-enhancement, due to the 3d-orbital resonance effect of the divalent sulphide group. For example, the rate of the decarboxylation of diphenylmercaptoacetic acid was 8·8 × 103 fold greater than that of the oxygen analog, diphenoxyacetic acid; while the substitution of one phenylmercapto group at α-position of phenylmercaptoacetic acid was found to accelerate the rate by 1·7 × 103. These results can be correlated with those of the base-catalysed HD exchange reactions of various sulphides previously reported1 and explained on the basis of 3d orbital resonance involving the S atom in divalent sulphides.
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