Hydroxyalkylation of Cyclic Imides with Oxiranes Part III. Mechanism of the Reaction in Presence of Sodium Hydroxide Catalyst
Open Access
- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Open Journal of Physical Chemistry
- Vol. 08 (03), 67-79
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpc.2018.83005
Abstract
The kinetics of reaction between cyclic monoimides (succinimide, phtalimide, and glutarimide) with ethylene and propylene oxides in presence of sodium hydroxide was studied. The effect of substrate and catalyst concentrations on the course of the reaction was investigated. Kinetics of reaction was studied by dilatometry, i.e. by measuring volume contraction of reaction mixture. The kinetic law describing the reaction of imides with oxiranes is: . where ccat, cAH and cB are concentrations of catalyst, imide, and oxirane, respectively. The relative reactivity of imides and oxiranes was: GI > PI ≥ SI and EO > PO. The reaction mechanism was proposed based upon experimentally determined rate law for the reaction of cyclic monoimides and oxiranes as well as analytical and instrumental analysis of products. The elementary reaction between oxirane and imide anion is rate determining step. The imide anion is formed by hydrogen cation transfer into catalytic hydroxide anion from dissociated NaOH. In the consecutive elemental reaction an imidate anion attack on the oxirane molecule occurs. It is the slowest stage of the reaction, limiting the entire process. All the studied reactions obey the same mechanism as can be concluded from isokinetic relationship of studied systems)Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Hydroxyalkylation of Cyclic Imides with Oxiranes. Part II. The Mechanism of Reaction in Presence of TriethylamineOpen Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2012
- Hydroxyalkylation of Cyclic Imides with Oxiranes Part I. Kinetics of Reaction in Presence of Triethylamine as CatalystOpen Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2012
- Polyhydroxyalkyl derivatives and polyetherols obtain from azacyclic compounds. Part I. Reactions with oxiranesPolimery, 2011
- Die Beeinflussung der Reaktion bei der Oxäthylierung von FettsäuremonoäthanolamidenFette, Seifen, Anstrichmittel, 1972
- Weitere tumorhemmende Verbindungsklassen, I. Cytostatische Effekte vonN-undS-Hydroxymethyl-VerbindungenHoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie, 1963