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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 31, Number 3
BKCSDE 31(3)
March 20, 2010

Title	Kinetics and Mechanism of Nucleophilic Displacement Reactions of Y-Substituted Phenyl Benzoates with Cyanide Ion
Author	Song I Kim, Eun Hee Kim, Ik Hwan Um*
Keywords	Aryl benzoates, Brønsted-type plot, Hammett plot, Rate-determining step, Yukawa-Tsuno plot
Abstract	Second-order rate constants (kCN-) have been measured for nucleophilic substitution reactions of Y-substituted phenyl benzoates (1a-r) with CN- ion in 80 mol % H₂O/20 mol % DMSO at 25.0 ± 0.1 ^oC. The Brønsted-type plot is linear with β_lg = -0.49, a typical β_lg value for reactions reported to proceed through a concerted mechanism. Hammett plots correlated with σ^o and σ^- constants exhibit many scattered points. In contrast, the Yukawa-Tsuno plot for the same reaction exhibits excellent linearity with ρ_Y = 1.37 and r = 0.34, indicating that a negative charge develops partially on the oxygen atom of the leaving aryloxide in the rate-determining step (RDS). Although two different mechanisms are plausible (i.e., a concerted mechanism and a stepwise pathway in which expulsion of the leaving group occurs at the RDS), the reaction has been concluded to proceed through a concerted mechanism on the basis of the magnitude of β_lg and ρY values.
Page	689 - 693
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