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Understanding thio-effects in simple phosphoryl systems : role of solvent effects and nucleophile charge

Carvalho, Alexandra T P ; O'Donoghue, AnnMarie C ; Hodgson, David R W and Kamerlin, Shina C L LU orcid (2015) In Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 13(19). p.8-5391
Abstract

Recent experimental work (J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 5829) demonstrated pronounced differences in measured thio-effects for the hydrolysis of (thio)phosphodichloridates by water and hydroxide nucleophiles. In the present work, we have performed detailed quantum chemical calculations of these reactions, with the aim of rationalizing the molecular bases for this discrimination. The calculations highlight the interplay between nucleophile charge and transition state solvation in SN2(P) mechanisms as the basis of these differences, rather than a change in mechanism.

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keywords
Electrons, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Hydrolysis, Hydroxides/chemistry, Kinetics, Molecular Conformation, Organothiophosphates/chemistry, Solvents/chemistry, Water/chemistry
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Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
volume
13
issue
19
pages
8 pages
publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
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  • pmid:25797408
  • scopus:84929094583
ISSN
1477-0539
DOI
10.1039/c5ob00309a
language
English
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  author       = {{Carvalho, Alexandra T P and O'Donoghue, AnnMarie C and Hodgson, David R W and Kamerlin, Shina C L}},
  issn         = {{1477-0539}},
  keywords     = {{Electrons; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrolysis; Hydroxides/chemistry; Kinetics; Molecular Conformation; Organothiophosphates/chemistry; Solvents/chemistry; Water/chemistry}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  number       = {{19}},
  pages        = {{8--5391}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Understanding thio-effects in simple phosphoryl systems : role of solvent effects and nucleophile charge}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ob00309a}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c5ob00309a}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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