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Kinetic study of the hydrolysis of phthalic anhydride and aryl hydrogen phthalates
Andres,Granados,De Rossi
, p. 7653 - 7657 (2001)
The kinetics of the hydrolysis of phthalic anhydride and X-phenyl hydrogen phthalate (X = H, p-Me, m-Cl, and p-Cl) were studied. Several bases accelerate the reaction of phthalic anhydride: acetate, phosphate, N-methyl imidazole, 1,4-diazabicyclo[2,2,2]octane (DABCO), and carbonate. Phosphate, DABCO, and N-methyl imidazole react as nucleophiles, whereas the data do not allow the determination of whether the other bases react in the same way or as general bases catalyzing the water reaction. The rate constants for all of them including water and HO- define a Broensted plot with β = 0.46. The kinetics of the hydrolysis of the esters were studied below pH 6.20, and the mechanism involves the formation of phthalic anhydride, which then is hydrolyzed to the phthalic acid. Phenoxide ion has a very high rate constant for the reaction with phthalic anhydride, so above pH 6.20 it competes significantly with the hydrolysis of the anhydride. The reactions of the esters as a function of pH allow the determination of the kinetic pKa which are 3.06, 3.02, 2.95, and 2.93 for X = H, p-Me, m-Cl, and p-Cl, respectively. The data also show that the catalysis by the neighboring carboxy group takes place only when it is ionized (i.e., as carboxylate).
Regiospecific phenyl esterification to some organic acids catalyzed by combined Lewis acids
Roy,Mamun, A. H. Al
, p. 2975 - 2981 (2007/10/03)
A new and efficient method for the preparation of various phenyl esters has been achieved by a simple reaction of an acid with phenol in the presence of anhyd. ZnCl2 and a catalytic amount of AlCl3. This combined Lewis acid also catalyzes the selective phenyl esterification to different dioic acids and is very simple and high yielding. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Cyclodextrin effect on intramolecular catalysis
Granados,Andres,De Rossi, R. Hoyos
, p. 405 - 406 (2007/10/03)
HPCD inhibits the hydrolysis reaction of monoamides and monoesters of phthalic and maleic acid at pH 2. The magnitude of inhibition depends on the leaving group. For some of the substrates, the reaction in the cavity is more than 100 times slower than that in solution.
