Issue 6, 2001

Theoretical studies on thiocarbonyl group transfer reactions

Abstract

The gas-phase thiocarbonyl transfer reactions X  + RC([double bond, length half m-dash]S)Z ⇌ RC([double bond, length half m-dash]S)X + Z have been investigated with X, Z = Cl, Br and R = H, CH3 at the MP2 and G2(+) levels using the MP2/6-311+G** optimized geometries. The thiocarbonyl transfers proceed by a stepwise mechanism through a triple-well potential energy surface involving a tetrahedral intermediate, T. The strong proclivity toward the stepwise path is caused mainly by the low-lying πC[double bond, length half m-dash]S* level coupled with the high energy σC–Z* orbital. The reaction barriers, ΔG, are higher than the corresponding values for the carbonyl transfers, excepting for the X = Z = Cl case at the G2(+) level. The major factors for these elevated barriers, despite the low deformation energies (ΔEdef), are lower proximate σ–σ* charge transfer energies (δΔEσ–σ*(2)) and the relatively high electrostatic repulsion (ΔEes > 0) in the transition state due to the highly polarized structure with a large negative charge on the S atom. The occurrence of a well-defined intermediate, T, in the reaction coordinate leads to a relatively early transition state with a low degree of bond making and breaking in the transition state.

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Dec 2000
Accepted
28 Feb 2001
First published
30 Apr 2001

New J. Chem., 2001,25, 859-863

Theoretical studies on thiocarbonyl group transfer reactions

C. K. Sohn, E. K. Ma, C. K. Kim, H. W. Lee and I. Lee, New J. Chem., 2001, 25, 859 DOI: 10.1039/B010202O

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