关键词：
ADDITION-ELIMINATION REACTIONS
CYCLOPROPENE CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS
PHENOLATE IONNUCLEOPHILES
POTENTIAL-ENERGY SURFACES
SINGLE TRANSITION-STATE
ACETYL GROUP TRANSFER
ACYL GROUPTRANSFER
GAS-PHASE
ALKALINE-HYDROLYSIS
BENZOYL CHLORIDES
摘要：
A theoretical study specifically addresses the question of whether nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl groups of acid chlorides, esters, and anhydrides involves an addition-elimination pathway or proceeds by a concerted S(N)2-like mechanism in the absence of the generally assumed tetrahedral intermediate. Density functional calculations [B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)] establish that chloride ion exchange reactions with both formyl and acetyl chloride proceed by a pi attack on the C=O bond. No discernible tetrahedral intermediate typical of an addition-elimination pathway was found in either case. While a tetrahedral intermediate does exist for the addition of fluoride ion to (CI)(2)C= O, halide exchange of LiCl with both ClFC=O and (CI)(2)C=O also proceeds by a concerted S(N)2-like pathway. The formation of a tetrahedral intermediate from the addition of methanol to acetyl chloride is slightly exothermic (4.4 kcal/mol). The ion-dipole complex of methanol weakly bonded to the carbonyl carbon of protonated acetyl chloride is stabilized by 13.8 kcal/mol but does not collapse to a tetrahedral intermediate. When four CH3OH molecules are H-bonded to protonated acetyl chloride, a tetrahedral intermediate is not completely formed and this solvated complex more closely resembles the precursor to an S(N)1-type ionization of Cl-. With six H-bonding methanol molecules, a methanol adds to the carbonyl carbon and a proton relay occurs with formation of a tetrahedral-like structure that immediately loses chloride ion in an S(N)1-like solvolysis. These results corroborate earlier suggestions (Bentley et al. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 7927) that the methanolysis of acetyl chloride does not proceed through the generally assumed addition-elimination pathway with a discrete tetrahedral intermediate but is consistent with ionization of Cl-. The reaction of methoxide ion with methyl acetate proceeds via a multiple-well energy surface and involves the intermediacy of an asymmetrical species with diffe
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