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Title: Kinetic Isotope Effect in the Reaction of 4-Nitrophenylnitromethane with the Cyclic Amidine Base DBU [l,5-diazabicyclo(5,4,0)undec-5-ene]
Authors: Caldin, Edward F.
Rogne, Otto
Keywords: Chemistry
Kinetic isotope
Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I
Issue Date: 1978
Publisher: Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1978, 74 (08)
Abstract: Kinetic deuterium isotope effects have been determined for the reaction of the cyclic amidine base DBU [1,5-diazabicyclo(5,4,0)undec-5-ene] with the carbon acid 4-nitrophenylnitromethane in toluene solution from –5 to +25°C. The isotopic rate ratio for the forward reaction (kHf/kDf) at 25°C is 13.3 ± 1.2; this is large enough to suggest an appreciable tunnelling correction. The activation enthalpies are strikingly low, both for proton and deuteron transfer: ΔH‡Hf= 2.0 ± 0.2 kcal mol–1(8.4 ± 0.8 kJ mol–1) and ΔH‡Df= 3.6 ± 0.3 kcal mol–1(15.1 ± 1.3 kJ mol–1). The interpretation of these results is discussed.
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