Hammett Correlation in the Accelerated Formation of 2,3-Diphenylquinoxalines in Nebulizer Microdroplets

Molecules

William H. C. Martin¹  Nathan W. Fenwick¹  Richard Telford¹  Richard D. Bowen¹  Amie Saidykhan¹ 

[1] Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Biosciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK;

关键词: microdroplets;    diphenylquinoxalines;    condensation;    competition experiments;    nebulizer;    Hammett relationship;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules26165077

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The accelerated formation of 2,3-diphenylquinoxalines in microdroplets generated in a nebulizer has been investigated by competition experiments in which equimolar quantities of 1,2-phenylenediamine, C₆H₄(NH₂)₂, and a 4-substituted homologue, XC₆H₃(NH₂)₂ [X = F, Cl, Br, CH₃, CH₃O, CO₂CH₃, CF₃, CN or NO₂], or a 4,5-disubstituted homologue, X₂C₆H₂(NH₂)₂ [X = F, Cl, Br, or CH₃], compete to condense with benzil, (C₆H₅CO)₂. Electron-donating substituents (X = CH₃ and CH₃O) accelerate the reaction; in contrast, electron-attracting substituents (X = F, Cl, Br and particularly CO₂CH₃, CN, CF₃ and NO₂) retard it. A structure–reactivity relationship in the form of a Hammett correlation has been found by analyzing the ratio of 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline and the corresponding substituted-2,3-diphenylquinoxaline, giving a ρ value of −0.96, thus confirming that the electron density in the aromatic ring of the phenylenediamine component is reduced in the rate-limiting step in this accelerated condensation. This correlation shows that the phenylenediamine acts as a nucleophile in the reaction.

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