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The base-catalysed cyclisation of phenyl N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N-methylcarbamates is concerted. 2003

Vojeslav Stĕrba, and Oldrich Hrabík, and Jaromír Kaválek, and Jaromír Mindl, and Andrew Williams
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Pardubice, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic. vojeslav.sterba@upce.cz

The kinetics of the cyclisation in aqueous solution of phenyl-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N-methylcarbamates to 3-methyl- 3,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,3]oxazin-2-ones and phenolate ions fit the rate law: kobs = kc/(1 + [H3O+]/Ka) The values of kc and pKa fit Brønsted equations against the pKa's of the corresponding free phenols but the system does not conform to the reactivity-selectivity hypothesis. The values of the Brønsted parameters beta Y and beta X vary as a function of Y and X according to the equations: beta X = -0.179pKaHY + 0.87 beta Y = -0.179pKaHX + 2.30 The magnitude and sign of the Cordes-Thornton cross-interaction coefficient pXY (-0.179) rule out a stepwise mechanism involving a tetrahedral intermediate and is consistent with a concerted displacement mechanism. A similar concerted mechanism is proposed for the base-catalysed cyclisation of phenyl-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-N-methylcarbamate esters to benzoxazol-2-ones.

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