• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.510-514
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• 1991

Second-order rate constants have been determined spectrophotometrically for reactions of S-p-nitrophenyl substituted thiobenzoates with various phenoxide ions and S-aryl substituted thiobenzoates with $HO^-$ ion. Thiol esters have been found to be more reactive than the corresponding oxygen esters toward phenoxide ions. The high reactivity of thiol esters relative to oxygen esters becomes insignificant as the basicity of the nucleophile increases. Furthermore, the highly basic $HO^-$ ion is less reactive toward thiol esters than oxygen esters. The significant dependence of the reactivity of thiol esters on the basicity of nucleophiles has been attributed to the nature of the HSAB principle. The present kinetic study has also revealed that the reactivity of thiol esters compared to oxygen esters is not so pronounced as expected based on the enhanced nucleofugicity of thiol esters. However, the effects of substituents in the nucleophile and in the acyl moiety of the substrate on rate appear to be significant. These kinetic results have led to a conclusion that the present reactions proceed via a rate-determining formation of a tetrahedral intermediate followed by a fast breakdown of it. The magnitude of the ${\beta}$ values shows no tendency either to increase or to decrease with the intrinsic reactivity of the reagents. The constancy of ${\beta}$ values in the present system is suggestive that the RSP should have limited applicability.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.2286-2290
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• 2013

Ring opening reactions of epoxides with oxygen nucleophiles catalyzed by a variety of quaternary onium salt, such as ammonium or phosphonium salt were explored. The results showed that tetrabutylphosphonium bromide (TBPB) among salts serves as the most efficient catalyst for this process and that expoxide ring opening reactions with a variety of oxygen nucleophiles including carboxyic acid and phenol, promoted using this salt, lead to generate readily purifiable products in excellent yields.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1203-1208
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• 1995

Theoretical studies of the effect of the nonleaving group (RY) on the breakdown mechanism of the tetrahedral anionic intermediate, T-, formed by the addition of a less basic phenoxide nucleophile (X) to phenyl benzoates with a more basic phenoxide leaving group (Z) have been carried out using the PM3 MO method. The identity acyl transfer reactions (X=Z) are facilitated by an electron-withdrawing RY whereas they are inhibited by an electron-donating RY group. The results of non-identity acyl transfer reactions indicate that a more electron-donating RY group leads to a greater lowering of the higher barrier, TS2, with a greater degree of bond cleavage, and a greater negative charge development on the phenoxide oxygen atom, whereas the opposite is true for a more electron-withdrawing RY group, i.e., leads to a greater lowering of the lower barrier, TS1. The results provide theoretical basis for the signs of ρXY(>0) and ρYZ(<0) observations.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2004

The polysaccharide, (1\longrightarrow5)-$\alpha$-D-ribofuranan, was synthesized by a cationic ring-opening polymerization of 1,4-anhydro-2,3-di-O-benzyl-$\alpha$-D-ribopyranose with the aid of boron trifluoride etherate and subsequent debenzylation. This polysaccharide catalyzed the hydrolysis of ethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate, uridylyl(3'\longrightarrow5')uridine ammonium salt, and 4-tert-butylcatechol cyclic phosphate N-methyl pyridinium. The polymer also catalyzed the cleavage of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). The hydrolysis of ethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate in the presence of the polymer was accelerated by 1.5 ${\times}$ 10$^3$ times relative to the uncatalyzed reaction. The catalytic activity was attributable to the vic-cis-diols of the riboses being located inside the active center that is formed by polymer chain folding; these diols form hydrogen bonds with two phosphoryl oxygen atoms of the phosphates so as to activate the phosphorus atoms to be attacked by nucleophile ($H_2O$).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.857-862
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• 2011

Kinetic studies of the reactions of N-methyl-Y-${\alpha}$-bromoacetanilides with substituted X-benzylamines have been carried out in dimethyl sulfoxide at $25.0^{\circ}C$. The Hammett plots for substituent X variations in the nucleophiles (log $k_N$ vs ${\sigma}_X$) are slightly biphasic concave upwards/downwards, while the Bronsted plots (log $k_N$ vs $pK_a$) are biphasic concave downwards with breakpoints at X = H. The Hammett plots for substituent Y variations in the substrates (log $k_N$ vs ${\sigma}_Y$) are biphasic concave upwards/downwards with breakpoints at Y = H. The cross-interaction constant $\rho_{XY}$ values are all negative: $\rho_{XY}$ = -0.32 for X = Y = electron-donating; -0.22 for X = electron-withdrawing and Y = electron-donating; -1.80 for X = electron-donating and Y = electronwithdrawing; -1.43 for X = Y = electron-withdrawing substituents. Deuterated kinetic isotope effects are primary normal ($k_H/k_D$ > 1) for Y = electron-donating, while secondary inverse ($k_H/k_D$ < 1) for Y = electronwithdrawing substituent. The proposed mechanisms of the benzylaminolyses of N-methyl-Y-${\alpha}$-bromoacetanilides are a concerted mechanism with a five membered ring TS involving hydrogen bonding between hydrogen (deuterium) atom in N-H(D) and oxygen atom in C = O for Y = electron-donating, while a concerted mechanism with an enolate-like TS in which the nucleophile attacks the ${\alpha}$-carbon for Y = electronwithdrawing substituents.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.223-238
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• 1974

염화포름산 알킬의 할로겐화 이온 교환반응을 반응속도론적으로 연구하고, 이의 전자 구조적 특성을 CNDO/2 MO계산으로 연구하였으며 이로부터 구조와 반응성 간의 관계를 논의하였다. 염화포름산 알킬의 에너지면에서의 가장 안정한 입체배치가 알킬기와 염소원자 사이가 서로 트랜스인 입체배치임을 알았으며, 결합주위의 회전장애가 {\pi}-전자 비편재화에 기인됨을 밝혔다. 염화포름산 알킬은 하전분리가 심한 극성물질이며, 이것이 카르보닐 산소와 알콕시 산소의 효과 및 염소의 효과에 기인됨을 밝혔다. 반응속도에 미치는 용매효과는 $(CH_3)_2CO>CH_3CN{\gg}MeOH$순으로 반응성이 감소되는 작용을 나타냈으며, 친핵성도는 양성자성 용매중에서 $I^->Br^->Cl^-$, 비양자성 용매 중에서 $Cl^->Br^->I^-$이었으며 알킬기의 기여는 $CH_3->C_2H_5->i-C_3H_7-$순이었다. 초기상태와 천이상태의 안정화 기여를 기초로 용매효과를 해석하였으며 초기상태 탈용매화의 특성으로 친핵성도를 논의하였다. 이 반응에 대하여 가장 유리한 메카니즘을 첨가-제거 메카니즘으로 제안하였다. 염화포름산 알킬의 반응성을 결정하는 구조적 요인은 하전, C-Cl 결합에 대하여 ${\alpha}^{\ast}$인 LUMO의 에너지준위 및 이 MO에서 C-Cl결합의 반결합세기임을 밝혔다.