• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.1071-1073
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• 2011

The reactions of 4-nitrobenzenesulfenyl chloride with substituted benzylamines proceed through three pathways, the uncatalyzed ($k_2$) and catalyzed ($k_3$) paths including solvolysis ($k_o$) by the solvent. The large value of primary normal kinetic isotope effects imply that the proton transfer occurs concurrently from benzylamine to Cl atom of the substrate. The ${\beta}_x$ and ${\rho}_x$ values for the catalyzed path, $k_3$, are greater than those for the uncatalyzed path, indicating that greater degree of bond formation in the catalyzed TS compared to the uncatalyzed TS.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.137-140
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• 2011

The aminolysis reactions of phenyl N-benzyl thiocarbamate with benzylamines in acetonitrile at $50.0^{\circ}C$ are investigated. The reactions are first order in both the amine and the substrate. Under amine excess, pseudo-first coefficient ($k_{obs}$) are obtained, plot of $k_{obs}$ vs free amine concentration are linear. The signs of ${\rho}_{XZ}$ (< 0) are consistent with concerted mechanism. Moreover, the variations of $\rho_X$ and $\rho_Z$ with respect to the sustituent in the substrate and large ${\rho}_{XZ}$ value indicate that the reactions proceed concerted mechanism. The normal kinetic isotope effects ($k_H/k_D$ = 1.3 ~ 1.5) involving deuterated benzylamine nucleophiles suggest a hydrogen-bonded, four-centered-type transition state. The activation parameters, ${\Delta}H^\ddagger$ and ${\Delta}S^\ddagger$, are consistent with this transition state structure.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.502-506
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• 1994

The results of kinetic studies on the reactions of 2-phenyl-l-propyl arenesulfonates with anilines and benzylamines in methanol at $55.0^{\circ}C$ are reported. The transition state variation with the substituents in the nucleophile (X) and leaving group (Z) is in accord with that expected from a negative ${\sigma}_{XZ}$ value. A stronger nucleophile and nucleofuge lead to a greater extent of bond-making and -breaking. Somewhat greater magnitude of ${\sigma}_{XZ}$ compared to the nearly constant value for the similar processes at a primary carbon atom has been interpreted to result from a partial contribution of the concurrent frontal displacement path.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1418-1420
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• 1999

Kinetics and mechanism of the aminolysis of Z-thiophenyl acetates with X-benzylamines are investigated in acetonitrile at 45.0 ℃. The magnitudes of Bronsted coefficients β$_x$ (=1.3~-1.6) and β$_z$ (= -2.1~-2.4) are all large and cross-interaction constant ρxz is relatively large and positive (0.90). These trends are consistent with the rate-limiting breakdown of a tetrahedral intermediate, $T^±$. The proposed mechanism is also supported by adherence of the rate data to the reactivity-selectivity principle (RSP). The kinetic isotope effects, $k_H/k_D$, are greater than unity (1.3-1.4) suggesting a possibility of hydrogen-bonded four-centered transition state. The activation parameters, ΔH$^≠$ and ΔS$^≠$, are consistent with this transition-state structure.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.282-286
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• 1991

Kinetic studies of the reactions of benzyl benzenesulfonates with benzylamines in methanol and acetonitrile have been carried out. The reaction was found to proceed by a dissociative $S_N2$ in MeCN but by an associative $S_N2$ mechanism in MeOH. The transition state was rather loose in MeCN whereas it was tight in MeOH, in contrast to a tighter TS in MeCN for the corresponding reactions with aniline. The reaction of benzylamine in MeOH was characteristic of the highly solvated nucleophile, benzylamine, compared to the normal reaction in MeCN.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.776-780
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• 2005

The kinetic studies of the reactions of $\alpha$-chloroacetanilides $(YC_6H_4NRC(=O)CH_2Cl;\;R=H\;(4)\;and\;CH_3$ (5)) with pyridines have been carried out in dimethyl sulfoxide at 95 ${^{\circ}C}$. The pyridinolysis rates are faster with 4 than with 5 whereas the aminolysis rates with benzylamines are faster with 5 than with 4. The Brønsted ${\beta}_X$ values are in the range from 0.30 to 0.32 and the cross-interaction constants, $\rho_{XY}$, are small negative values; $\rho_{XY}$ = -0.06 and -0.10 for 4 and 5, respectively. Based on these and other results, the pyridinolyses of $\alpha$-chloroacetanilides are proposed to proceed via a stepwise mechanism with rate-limiting addition of the nucleophile to the carbonyl group to form zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate ($T^{\pm}$) followed by a bridged type transition state to expel the leaving group.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.733-738
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• 2006

Nucleophilic addition reactions of p-substitutedbenzylamines $(XC _6H_4CH _2NH _2)$ to $\alpha$-phenyl-$\beta$-thiophenyl-acrylonitriles ($YC _4SH _2CH=C(CN)C_6H_4$Y') have been studied in acetonitrile at 25.0, 30.0, and 35.0 ${^{\circ}C}$. The reactions take place in single step in which the $C_\beta$ -N bond formation and proton transfer to $C_\alpha$ of $\alpha$-phenyl-$\beta$-thiophenylacrylonitriles occur concurrently with four-membered cyclic transition structure. These mechanistic conclusions are drawn based on (i) the large negative $\rho$x and large positive $\rho$Y' values and also large magnitude of $\rho$X, (ii) the negative sign and large magnitude of the cross-interaction constants ($\rho$XY), (iii) the normal kinetic isotope effects ($k_H/k_D$ > 1.0), and (iv) relatively low $\Delta H ^\neq$ and large negative $\Delta S ^\neq$ values.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1670-1674
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• 2007

Addition reactions of anilines (XC6H4NH2) to β-nitrostilbene (YC6H4CH=C(NO2)C6H4Y') have been investigated in acetonitrile at 30.0 oC. The magnitude of βX values (=0.11-0.34) indicates relatively earlier transition state for additions with anilines than with benzylamines. The signs of ρY and ρY' are positive with Δρ = ρY?ρY' = 0.04, demonstrating a TS imbalance with a negative charge development on the Cβ in the TS. The signs of cross-interaction constants ρXY (<0), ρXY' (<0) and ρYY' (>0) are consistent with bond forming and breaking processes. The relatively weak normal kinetic isotope effects involving deutarated nucleophiles, kH/kD>1, suggest an early, hydrogen-bonded, 4-member cyclic TS.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1459-1462
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• 2002

The kinetics of the addition of X-substituted benzylamines (BA) to Y-substituted Benzylideneacetylacetones (BAA) have been investigated in acetonitrile at $25.0^{\circ}C$. The reaction is studied under pseudo-first-order conditions by keeping a large excess of BA over BAA. The addition of BA to BAA occurs in a single step in which the addition of BA to $C_\alpha$ of BAA and proton transfer from BA to $C_\beta$ of BAA take place concurrently with a four-membered cyclic transition state structure. The magnitude of the Hammett ($p_X$) and Bronsted ($\beta_x$) coefficients are rather small suggesting an early tansition state (TS). The sign and magnitude of the cross-interaction constant, $p_{XY}$ (= -0.49), is comparatible to those found in the normal bond formation processes in the $S_N2$ and addition reactions. The normal kinetic isotope effect ($K_H/K_D$ > 1.0) and relatively low $\Delta$H^{${\neq}$}$ and large negative $\Delta$S^{${\neq}$}$ values are also consistent with the mechanism proposed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.3587-3591
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• 2011

The reactions of O,O-diethyl Z-S-aryl phosphorothioates with X-benzylamines are kinetically investigated in dimethyl sulfoxide at $85.0^{\circ}C$. The Hammett (log $k_2$ vs ${\sigma}x$) and Br$\ddot{o}$nsted [log $k_2$ vs $pK_a$(X)] plots are biphasic concave downwards for substituent X variations in the nucleophiles with a break point at X = H. The signs of the cross-interaction constants (${\rho}xz$) are positive for both the strongly and weakly basic nucleophiles. Considerably great magnitude of ${\rho}xz$ (= 6.56) value is observed with the weakly basic nucleophiles, while ${\rho}xz$ = 0.91 with the strongly basic nucleophiles. Proposed reaction mechanism is a stepwise process with a rate-limiting leaving group expulsion from the intermediate involving a backside nucleophilic attack with the strongly basic nucleophiles and a frontside attack with the weakly basic nucleophiles. The kinetic results are compared with those of the benzylaminolysis of O,O-diphenyl Z-S-aryl phosphorothioates.