HERON reactions of anomeric amides: understanding the driving force

Glover, Stephen; Rosser, Adam A

doi:10.1002/poc.3322

Author(s)

Glover, Stephen

Rosser, Adam A

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

Calculations show that anomeric amides, amides bearing two electronegative atoms at the amide nitrogen, are unusual in structure and reactivity. They have much reduced amide resonance and also undergo the HERON reaction where anomeric destabilisation results in migration of one substituent from nitrogen to the carbonyl and formation of a resonancestabilised nitrene. B3LYP/6-31G(d) calculations demonstrate how resonance and HERON reactivity are affected by bisalkoxyl substitution and aminoalkoxyl substitution at nitrogen. Because transition state structures for model reactions of N,Ndimethoxyacetamide and N-methoxy-N-dimethylaminoacetamide demonstrate complete loss of amide resonance, the overall barriers to their HERON reactions can be partitioned into a resonance (RE) and a rearrangement component (Erearr). REs for both amides have been calculated by isodesmic methods (carbonyl substitution nitrogen atom replacement and a calibrated trans amidation method), and the reduction in total electronegativity at the amide nitrogen in N-methoxy-Ndimethylaminoacetamide results in an increase in amide resonance of about 4 kcal mol⁻¹ relative to N,N-dimethoxyacetamide (RE of 8.6 kcal mol⁻¹). However, there is a large decrease in Erearr by some 20 kcal mol⁻¹ to 10 kcal mol⁻¹. Changes in these energies are rationalised on the basis of an increase in amide nitrogen lone pair energy, which increases resonance, and a higher energy substituent nitrogen lone pair enhancing the nN-σ*NO anomeric effect and the ease of rearrangement. Intramolecular HERON reactions in twisted 1-aza-2-adamantanones, with no amide resonance, support the above variations in the rearrangement components to the activation barriers. On the strength of these findings, hydroxamic esters with only one oxygen at nitrogen will not undergo HERON reactions.

Citation

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 28(3), p. 215-222

ISSN

1099-1395

0894-3230

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16923

Language

en

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Title

HERON reactions of anomeric amides: understanding the driving force

Type of document

Journal Article

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Publication

Author(s)	Glover, Stephen Rosser, Adam A
Publication Date	2015
Abstract	Calculations show that anomeric amides, amides bearing two electronegative atoms at the amide nitrogen, are unusual in structure and reactivity. They have much reduced amide resonance and also undergo the HERON reaction where anomeric destabilisation results in migration of one substituent from nitrogen to the carbonyl and formation of a resonancestabilised nitrene. B3LYP/6-31G(d) calculations demonstrate how resonance and HERON reactivity are affected by bisalkoxyl substitution and aminoalkoxyl substitution at nitrogen. Because transition state structures for model reactions of N,Ndimethoxyacetamide and N-methoxy-N-dimethylaminoacetamide demonstrate complete loss of amide resonance, the overall barriers to their HERON reactions can be partitioned into a resonance (RE) and a rearrangement component (Erearr). REs for both amides have been calculated by isodesmic methods (carbonyl substitution nitrogen atom replacement and a calibrated trans amidation method), and the reduction in total electronegativity at the amide nitrogen in N-methoxy-Ndimethylaminoacetamide results in an increase in amide resonance of about 4 kcal mol⁻¹ relative to N,N-dimethoxyacetamide (RE of 8.6 kcal mol⁻¹). However, there is a large decrease in Erearr by some 20 kcal mol⁻¹ to 10 kcal mol⁻¹. Changes in these energies are rationalised on the basis of an increase in amide nitrogen lone pair energy, which increases resonance, and a higher energy substituent nitrogen lone pair enhancing the nN-σ*NO anomeric effect and the ease of rearrangement. Intramolecular HERON reactions in twisted 1-aza-2-adamantanones, with no amide resonance, support the above variations in the rearrangement components to the activation barriers. On the strength of these findings, hydroxamic esters with only one oxygen at nitrogen will not undergo HERON reactions.
Citation	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 28(3), p. 215-222
ISSN	1099-1395 0894-3230
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16923
Language	en
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Title	HERON reactions of anomeric amides: understanding the driving force
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

HERON reactions of anomeric amides: understanding the driving force

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