C-N Coupling of 3-Aminothiophene with Substituted Benzenediazonium Cations: Carbon Nucleophilicity, Hyper-Ortho
R El Abed1, T Slama1, F Mahdhaoui1
1Laboratoire de Chimie Hétérocyclique, Produits Naturels et Réactivité (LR11SE39), Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Avenue de l'Environnement, 5019, Monastir, Tunisie.
Abstract:
This review has kinetically investigated the electrophilic attack of 3-aminothiophene 1 by a series of para-substituted benzenediazonium cations 7a-7h in 50% H2O-50% Me2SO at 20 °C using stopped-flow spectrophotometry. No kinetic isotope effect is observed with the 2-deuterio-3-aminothiophene, confirming that the rate-determining step is a carbon-based electrophilic aromatic substitution (SEAr) at the C-2 position. The Hammett plot with σp values shows nonlinearity due to electron-donating substituents. However, a linear relationship is obtained using the Yukawa-Tsuno equation, highlighting the resonance contribution via the r(σp + - σp) term. An excellent linear correlation (R2 ≈ 0.9968) is observed between log k1 and the experimental electrophilicity parameter E of the diazonium cations, as defined in the Mayr-Patz equation, allowing the determination of the carbon nucleophilicity parameters of 3-aminothiophene: N = 9.37 and sN = 1.18. Importantly, a strong linear relationship is established between N and the Hammett σ+ constants for 3-substituted 3-aminothiophenes (R2 = 0.9763), described by the equation: N = 6.72 - 2.01 σ+. This correlation not only demonstrates the pronounced enaminic behavior of 3-aminothiophenes but also enables the prediction of N values for unmeasured analogs, confirming that substituent-π-system interactions govern nucleophilic reactivity via a hyper-ortho electronic effect.
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