24821-22-5Relevant articles and documents
A re-investigation of the reaction of hemimellitic acid with sulphur tetrafluoride. A simple preparation of 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid
Dmowski, Wojciech,Wiszniewski, Wojciech
, p. 163 - 165 (1997)
The reaction of hemimellitic acid (1) with SF4/HF gives a 1 : 3.5 : 13 mixture of 1,2,3-tris(trifluoromethyl)benzene (2), 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-4-trifluoromethyl-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran (3) and 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl fluoride (4). Treatment of the crude reaction mixture with aqueous KOH, followed by acidification of the water phase, gives a good yield of pure 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid (5).
Method for estimating SN1 rate constants: Solvolytic reactivity of benzoates
Matic, Mirela,Denegri, Bernard,Kronja, Olga
supporting information, p. 8986 - 8998,13 (2012/12/12)
Nucleofugalities of pentafluorobenzoate (PFB) and 2,4,6-trifluorobenzoate (TFB) leaving groups have been derived from the solvolysis rate constants of X,Y-substituted benzhydryl PFBs and TFBs measured in a series of aqueous solvents, by applying the LFER equation: log k = sf(Ef + Nf). The heterolysis rate constants of dianisylmethyl PFB and TFB, and those determined for 10 more dianisylmethyl benzoates in aqueous ethanol, constitute a set of reference benzoates whose experimental ΔG ? have been correlated with the ΔH? (calculated by PCM quantum-chemical method) of the model epoxy ring formation. Because of the excellent correlation (r = 0.997), the method for calculating the nucleofugalities of substituted benzoate LGs have been established, ultimately providing a method for determination of the SN1 reactivity for any benzoate in a given solvent. Using the ΔG? vs ΔH? correlation, and taking sf based on similarity, the nucleofugality parameters for about 70 benzoates have been determined in 90%, 80%, and 70% aqueous ethanol. The calculated intrinsic barriers for substituted benzoate leaving groups show that substrates producing more stabilized LGs proceed over lower intrinsic barriers. Substituents on the phenyl ring affect the solvolysis rate of benzhydryl benzoates by both field and inductive effects.
Bis- and oligo(trifluoromethyl)benzenes: Hydrogen/metal exchange rates and gas-phase acidities
Schlosser, Manfred,Mongin,Porwisiak, Jacek,Dmowski, Wojciech,Bueker, Heinz H.,Nibbering, Nico M. M.
, p. 1281 - 1286 (2007/10/03)
The proton mobilities (kinetic acidities) of bis- and tris(trifluoromethyl)benzene are dictated to a large extent by steric factors; the trifluoromethyl group is a fairly bulky substituent that can seriously impede the approach of the metalating reagent. Most Satisfactory results in terms of yields and selectivities have been achieved with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide or with methyllithium in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide, a slim version of the standard superbase. The rates of deprotonation under irreversible conditions do not parallel the thermodynamic (equilibrium) acidities. Substituent effects on the deprotonation energies in the gas phase appear to be additive: each trifluoromethyl group lowers it by 13 kcal mol-1 when located ortho with respect to the carbanion, and by 10 kcal mol-1 when located in a meta or para position.
