title: X-ray structures and anionotropic rearrangements of Di-tert-butyl-substituted thiiranium and thiirenium ions. A structure-reactivity relationship
abstract: The X-ray structures of c-2,t-3-di-tert-butyl-r-1-methylthiiranium 8 BF(4)(-), t-2,t-3-di-tert-butyl-r-1-methylthiiranium ion 10 BF(4)(-), and 2,3-di-tert-butyl-1-methylthiirenium 11 BF(4)(-) have been determined. The DeltaG()(298) values for the rearrangements from the cis and the trans tert-butyl groups of 8 SbCl(6)(-) to thietanium ion (two intramolecular S(N)2 displacements) and for the rearrangement of 11 SbCl(6)(-) to thietium ion (an intramolecular S(N)2-Vin displacement) are linearly correlated with the strengths of the C-S breaking bonds, suggesting that the two mechanisms are, in the absence of steric hindrance, uniquely governed by the nucleofugality of the sulfonium leaving group.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Elettrochimica and Centro CNR CSRSRC, Universita di Milano, via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy, and Cent.
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Destro
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lucchini
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Modena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pasquato