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Computations Reveal That Electron-Withdrawing Leaving Groups Facilitate Intramolecular Conjugate Displacement Reactions by Negative Hyperconjugation.
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Intramolecular conjugate displacements are stepwise: Computational evaluations of the mechanism
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Intramolecular conjugate displacement (ICD) reactions, developed by the Clive
group, form carbocycles and cyclic amines by intramolecular nucleophilic attack on a
Michael acceptor with an allylic leaving group. Quantum mechanical investigations with
density functional theory show that ICDs involve a stepwise addition, forming an
intermediate stabilized carbanion, followed by elimination. The electron-withdrawing
nature of the allylic leaving group facilitates the addition by negative hyperconjugation;
the twist-boat conformation of the addition and intermediate is stabilized by this
interaction. In the absence of an activating electron-withdrawing group as part of the
Michael acceptor a high-energy concerted SN2` reaction occurs. The reactions of carbon
nucleophiles have lower activation energies than those of amines. -
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- 2016-01-01
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- This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Organic Chemistry, copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b00691.