ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The rates of the reaction of N-alkyl-4-cyanopyridinium (RCP) ions [alkyl = CH3 (MCP), n-C4H9 (BCP), n-C8H17 (OCP), n-C12H25 (DCP)] with OH- ion in water are independent of chain length and RCP concentration up to 0.001 M. The ratios of the concentrations of the reaction products, N-alkyl-4-pyridone (P) and N-alkyl-4-carboxamidopyridinium (A), P/A, are similar for all substrates. In water the P/A ratios increase with pH, reaching a plateau value of ca 2 at pH ≥ 13. Added salts slightly decrease the reaction rate and do not affect the P/A ratios. In aqueous solutions, addition of dioxane increases both rates and P/A ratios. Micelles of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; CTAB) and 3-(N,N-dimethyl dodecyl ammonium)propane-1-sulphonate (SDP) catalyse the alkaline hydrolysis of OCP and DCP and increase the yield of pyridone with BCP, OCP and DCP. In micellar CTAB and SDP the attack of OH- on RCP occurs almost exclusively at the 4-position of the pyridinium ring. Sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles inhibit the reaction and produce small changes in the P/A ratio. The regiochemical selectivity produced by micelles, leading to a preference for the attack of OH- at the pyridinium ring, was rationalized in terms of the low effective dielectric constant at the micelle-water interface.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610040403
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