Abstract
Ethane-1,2-sultam has a pKa of 12.12 ± 0.06 at 30°C and its rate of alkaline hydrolysis shows a pH-dependence reflecting this so that the observed pseudo first-order rate constant at pHs above the pKa are pH independent. There is no evidence of neighbouring group participation in the hydrolysis of either N-α-carboxybenzylethane-1,2-sultam or N-(hydroxyaminocarbonylmethyl)-2-benzylethane-1,2-sultam. Oxyanions, but not amines or thiols, react with N-benzoylethane-1,2-sultam in water by a nucleophilic ring opening reaction confirmed by product analysis and kinetic solvent isotope effects. A Brønsted plot for this reaction has two distinct correlations with βnuc = 0.52 and 0.65 for weak and strong bases, respectively, although a statistically corrected plot may indicate a single correlation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 938-946 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 18 Mar 2002 |
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Publication status | Published - 21 May 2002 |