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Alcoholysis of dialkyl tetrazolylphosphonites




AuthorsNurminen EJ, Mattinen JK, Lonnberg H

PublisherROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

Publication year1999

Journal:Royal Society of Chemistry. Journal: Perkin Transactions 2

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 2

Journal acronymJ CHEM SOC PERK T 2

Issue11

First page 2551

Last page2556

Number of pages6

ISSN0300-9580

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1039/a904406j


Abstract
Kinetics of the reaction of diisopropyl tetrazolylphosphonite with tert-butyl alcohol in dry THF have been studied in the presence of various acids, bases and salts that catalyze the process. Ammonium azolide salts were found to be considerably more efficient catalysts than the corresponding azole acids or tertiary amine bases. For instance, the relative rates obtained with N,N-diisopropylethylammonium tetrazolide, N,N-diisopropylethylamine and tetrazole were 104, 28 and 1, respectively. The salts of strong protolytes turned out to be better catalysts than those of weak ones. The susceptibility of the reaction rate to the pK(BH+) of the base is fairly strong (Bronsted beta = 0.41) compared to the sensitivity to the pK(a) of azoles (beta = 0.17). The mechanisms of catalysis are discussed.


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