THEORETICAL-STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF ALPHA-SUBSTITUENTS ON THE RESONANCE DEMAND OF 4-METHOXYBENZYL CARBOCATIONS

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LEE, I [1 ]
CHUNG, DS [1 ]
JUNG, HJ [1 ]
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[1] DONGSHIN UNIV,DEPT CHEM,CHOONGNAM 520714,SOUTH KOREA
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10.1016/S0040-4020(01)85283-2
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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Our AM1 results show that : (i) Electron-withdrawing polar effect of alpha-substituents leads to thermodynamic destabilization, delta Delta H-0 > 0, of benzylic carbocations. (ii) The increments of positive charge on C-alpha and on methoxy-O accompanying the carbocation formation are linearly correlated with the electron withdrawing polar effect, sigma*; the positive charge on C-alpha is more strongly forced away onto the oxygen of the 4-methoxy group by a greater electron withdrawing power of the alpha-substituent.
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