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Hydrolysis of strained bridgehead bicyclic vinyl ethers and sulfides

Journal Article · · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00517a032· OSTI ID:5541853

Rates of hydrolysis of the bridgehead bicyclic vinyl ether 9-oxabicyclo(3.3.1)non-1-ene(6) and its vinyl sulfide counterpart 9-thiabicyclo(3.3.1)non-1-ene(7), catalyzed by the hydronium ion, were measured in H/sub 2/O and in D/sub 2/O solution. These data give isotope effects, k/sub H//k/sub D/ = 2.4 and 1.9 respectively, which show that these reactions occur by the normal, rate-determining carbon protonation, mechanism. The vinyl ether 6 is less reactive than its olefin analogue, bicyclo(3.3.1)non-1-ene (relative rate 1:1/1400), as may have been expected for a constrained bicyclic system such as this, where stabilization of the bridgehead carbocation intermediate by conjugation with oxygen is severely impaired. The vinyl sulfide 7, however, is even less reactive than the vinyl ether (relative rates 1:1/140); this is a remarkable result in view of the fact that conjugation between the sulfur atom and the cationic center is presumably also strongly inhibited. 1 figure, 3 tables.

OSTI ID:
5541853
Journal Information:
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 101:23; ISSN JACSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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