Suicide nucleophilic attack: reactions of benzohydroxamate anion with bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate

Autor: Pedro L. F. da Silva, Haidi D. Fiedler, Faruk Nome, Humberto M. S. Milagre, Marcos N. Eberlin, Elisa S. Orth, Clifford A. Bunton, Renata S. Mello
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: The Journal of organic chemistry. 74(14)
ISSN: 1520-6904
Popis: The reaction between the benzohydroxamate anion (BHO(-)) and bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate (BDNPP) has been examined kinetically, and the products were characterized by mass and NMR spectroscopy. The nucleophilic attack of BHO(-) follows two reaction paths: (i) at phosphorus, giving an unstable intermediate that undergoes a Lossen rearrangement to phenyl isocyanate, aniline, diphenylurea, and O-phenylcarbamyl benzohydroxamate; and (ii) on the aromatic carbon, giving an intermediate that was detected but slowly decomposes to aniline and 2,4-dinitrophenol. Thus, the benzohydroxamate anion can be considered a self-destructive molecular scissor since it reacts and loses its nucleophilic ability.
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