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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 25, Number 2
BKCSDE 25(2)
February 20, 2004

Title	Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Aryl Thiophene-2-carbodithioates with Pyridines in Acetonitrile
Author	Hyuck Keun Oh*, Jae Myon Lee
Keywords	Nucleophilic substitution reaction, Pyridinolysis, Cross-interaction constant, Zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate, Stepwise mechanism
Abstract	The kinetics of reactions between Z-aryl thiophene-2-carbodithioates and X-pyridines in acetonitrile at 60.0 oC have been investigated. The Bronsted plots obtained for the pyridinolysis of aryl thiophene-2-carbodithioates are curved, with the center of curvature at pKa ~ 5.2 (pKao). The Bronsted plots for these nucleophilic reactions show a change in slope from a large ( βX . 0.78-0.87) to a small ( βX . 0.33-0.35) value, which can be attributed to a change in the rate-determining step from breakdown to formation of a zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate in the reaction path as the basicity of the pyridine nucleophile increases. A clear-cut change in the crossinteraction constants, ρXZ, from +0.92 to -0.23 supports the proposed mechanistic change. The breakpoint at pKa = 5.2 for R = thiophene ring in the present work is in agreement with those for the pyridinolysis of R = Me and 2-furyl, and attests to the insignificant effects of acyl group, R, on the breakpoint.
Page	203 - 206
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