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Title: | A computational investigation of the structure of the novel anomeric amide N-azido-N-methoxyformamide and its concerted decomposition to methyl formate and nitrogen | Contributor(s): | Glover, Stephen (author) ; Rauk, Arvi (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | DOI: | 10.1039/B204232K | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11413 | Abstract: | Treatment of N-alkoxy-N-chloro- or N-acetoxyamides with sodium azide in aqueous acetonitrile results in Sɴ2 displacement of chlorine or acetate and the formation of reactive N-alkoxy-N-azidoamides which undergo a concerted decomposition to esters and nitrogen. The properties of the model N-azido-N-methoxyformamide have been computed at the B3LYP/6-31G* hybrid density functional level of theory. It is a typical anomeric amide in that the nitrogen is strongly sp³ hybridised resulting in a low amide isomerisation barrier. It decomposes in a two-step process involving exothermic loss of N₂ to give 1-formyl-1-methoxydiazene which spontaneously undergoes a HERON decomposition to methyl formate and N₂. Overall, the process is highly exothermic (ΔG between −654 and −659 kJ mol−¹). The competitive one-step HERON process involving formation of methyl formate and tetrazene is kinetically unfavourable. Sterically hindered ester formation will be facilitated by both exothermicity and a transition state for ester formation which avoids a sterically crowded tetrahedral intermediate. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of the Royal Chemical Society: Perkin Transactions 2 (10), p. 1740-1746 | Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1364-5471 1472-779X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 030505 Physical Organic Chemistry | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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