122756-30-3Relevant articles and documents
Relative reactivity of methyl iodide to ethyl iodide in nucleophilic substitution reactions in acetonitrile and partial desolvation accompanying activation
Kondo, Yasuhiko,Urade, Miyuki,Yamanishi, Yukari,Chen, Xinyu
, p. 1449 - 1454 (2007/10/03)
Through the examination of empirical correlations involving activation parameters for nucleophilic substitution of methyl iodide and of ethyl iodide, nucleophiles have been classified into three series: (1) nucleophiles with two equivalent reaction sites, (2) nucleophiles with a chlorine atom in the para-position, and (3) nucleophiles with a single reaction site. Three types of partial desolvation processes accompanying activation have been deduced on the basis of these classifications. A major factor determining the relative reactivity of methyl iodide to ethyl iodide in the substitution reaction of an anionic nucleophile having a single reaction site in acetonitrile (kMeI/kEtI) is suggested to be partial desolvation around the nucleophilic center on going from reactant to transition-state.
