Hydrogen-bond basicity of the sulfonyl group. The case of strongly basic sulfonamidates RSO2NNMe3
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 6,p. 1047-1051
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29960001047
Abstract
The hydrogen-bond basicity scale pKHB(logarithm of the formation constant of 4-fluorophenol–base complexes in CCl4) has been determined for 13 sulfonyl bases, and correlated to the infrared shifts, on complexation, of the ν(OH) vibrations of 4-fluorophenol and methanol. In 1:1 complexes, oxygen complexation is observed, even for sulfonamides, sulfamides and sulfonamidates. Substitution on the sulfonyl group by NCHNMe2, NSMe2 or [graphic omitted]Me3 gives the strongest sulfonyl bases known. Since sulfonamides are less basic than sulfones, the electron-donating mechanism of [graphic omitted]Me3 to SO2 in sulfonamidates is probably mainly inductive.Keywords
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