Wang, Yi-Gui published the artcileThe Reactivity of Ambident Nucleophiles: Marcus Theory or Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Principle?, Product Details of C2H5NO, the main research area is alkyl halide ambident nucleophile reactivity electron delocalization charge hardness; Marcus theory; ambident reactivity; atom and molecule hardness; conceptual DFT; delocalization index; electron affinity; hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) principle; ionization potential; localization index; maximum hardness principle (MHP).
The model reactions CH3X + (NH-CH=O)M → CH3-NH-NH=O or NH=CH-O-CH3 + MX (M = none, Li, Na, K, Ag, Cu; X = F, Cl, Br) are investigated to demonstrate the feasibility of Marcus theory and the hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) principle in predicting the reactivity of ambident nucleophiles. The delocalization indexes (DI) are defined in the framework of the quantum theory of atoms in mols. (QT-AIM), and are used as the scale of softness in the HSAB principle. To react with the ambident nucleophile NH=CH-O-, the carbocation H3C+ from CH3X (F, Cl, Br) is actually a borderline acid according to the DI values of the forming C···N and C···O bonds in the transition states (between 0.25 and 0.49), while the counter ions are divided into three groups according to the DI values of weak interactions involving M (M···X, M···N, and M···O): group I (M = none, and Me4N) basically show zero DI values; group II species (M = Li, Na, and K) have noticeable DI values but the magnitudes are usually less than 0.15; and group III species (M = Ag and Cu(I)) have significant DI values (0.30-0.61). On a relative basis, H3C+ is a soft acid with respect to group I and group II counter ions, and a hard acid with respect to group III counter ions. Therefore, N-regioselectivity is found in the presence of group I and group II counter ions (M = Me4N, Li, Na, K), while O-regioselectivity is observed in the presence of the group III counter ions (M = Ag, and Cu(I)). The hardness of atoms, groups, and mols. is also calculated with new functions that depend on ionization potential (I) and electron affinity (A) and use the at. charges obtained from localization indexes (LI), so that the regioselectivity is explained by the at. hardness of reactive nitrogen atoms in the transition states according to the maximum hardness principle (MHP). The exact Marcus equation is derived from the simple harmonic potential energy parabola, so that the concepts of activation free energy, intrinsic activation barrier, and reaction energy are completely connected. The required intrinsic activation barriers can be either estimated from ab initio calculations on reactant, transition state, and product of the model reactions, or calculated from identity reactions. The counter ions stabilize the reactant through bridging N- and O-site of reactant of identity reactions, so that the intrinsic barriers for the salts are higher than those for free ambident anions, which is explained by the increased reorganization parameter Δr. The proper application of Marcus theory should quant. consider all three terms of Marcus equation, and reliably represent the results with potential energy parabolas for reactants and all products. For the model reactions, both Marcus theory and HSAB principle/MHP principle predict the N-regioselectivity when M = none, Me4N, Li, Na, K, and the O-regioselectivity when M = Ag and Cu(I).
Journal of Computational Chemistry published new progress about Atomic charge. 123-39-7 belongs to class amides-buliding-blocks, name is N-Methylformamide, and the molecular formula is C2H5NO, Product Details of C2H5NO.
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