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Sulphur dioxide insertion into tin―carbon bonds: solvent effects and the nature of the transition state
Author(s) -
Fong Clifford W.,
Kitching William
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3266
Subject(s) - chemistry , benzene , tin , electrophile , methanol , electrophilic substitution , solvent , insertion reaction , molecule , transition state , photochemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Data describing the insertion of sulphur dioxide into the carbon―tin bond of a range of substituted phenyltrimethyltin compounds in methanol and benzene solvents have been reconsidered. The reaction in methanol is cleanly second order, but the reaction in benzene has both a second‐order and third‐order component, the latter ascribable to an initial equilibrium formation of a SO 2 complex with the phenyl ring followed by the insertion of a second SO 2 molecule into the carbon–tin bond. Molecular orbital calculations have identified the transition states (TS) and the favoured reaction pathways for the second‐order and third‐order reaction pathways in benzene. The effects of solvents on TS and enthalpies of reaction have also been examined. New insights into the types of TS involved in electrophilic substitution reactions are revealed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.