title: H-Bonding Interactions in the Epoxidation of Alkenylammonium Salts with Dimethyldioxirane and m-Chloroperbenzoic Acid: A Kinetic Study.
abstract: The epoxidation rate constants for the reaction of allylic and homoallylic primary and quaternary ammonium salts with DMDO (1b) and m-CPBA (2), as well as the stereochemical outcome of these reactions, were determined. The presence of an ionic functional group in the substrate complicates the kinetic study of the reaction. However, k(0) can be determined from the k(obs) values measured in solutions with different ionic strengths. The order of magnitude of the rate constants is the same for the epoxidation of primary and quaternary homoallylic ammonium salts, while primary allylic ammonium salts react more than 10 times faster than their quaternary counterparts. High syn-diastereoselectivity is achieved in the epoxidation of the primary allylic salt 3aH(+)() while the quaternary allylic ammonium salt 5a(+)() gives equimolecular (m-CPBA) or predominantly anti(DMDO) mixtures of diastereomers. These results are consistent with the existence of hydrogen bond interaction between the protic substrates and the oxidant.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Avda, Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n E-46100-Burjassot, Spain, Servicio Central de Soporte a la Investigación Experimental, Sección de Espectrometría de Masas, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Chemistry Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912.
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Asensio
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boix-Bernardini
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andreu
authors.forename: María Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: González-Núñez
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: John O.
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Gene B.
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Carpenter