Thorpe-Ingold Acceleration of Oxirane Formation is Mostly a Solvent Effect

Overview

Journal J Am Chem Soc

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2010 Jun 8

PMID 20524660

Citations 2

Authors

Jakub Kostal

William L Jorgensen

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Abstract

The Thorpe-Ingold hypothesis for the gem-dimethyl effect in the cyclization reactions of 2-chloroethoxide derivatives has been investigated computationally in the gas phase and in aqueous solution. Ab initio MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and CBS-Q calculations reveal little intrinsic difference in reactivity with increasing alpha-methylation for the series of reactants 1-3. However, inclusion of continuum hydration or of explicit hydration through mixed quantum and statistical mechanics (MC/FEP) simulations does reproduce the substantial, experimentally observed rate increases with increasing alpha-methylation. Analysis of the MC/FEP results provides clear evidence that the rate increases stem primarily from increased steric hindrance to hydration of the nucleophilic oxygen atom with increasing alpha-methylation. Thus, the gem-dimethyl acceleration of oxirane formation for 1-3 is found to be predominantly a solvent effect.

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