Mechanismus der protonkatalysierten gasphasendehydratisierung von furfurylalkohol

H. Thies, R. Wolfschütz, G. Frenking, J. Schmidt, H. Schwarz

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Abstract

The gas phase proton catalysed water elimination of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (1) gives exclusively the ring-enlarged oxonium-ion 12. There is no experimental indication for the generation of 11 via a [1.2]-hydrogen migration. From the analysis of appropriately 13C-labelled precursors in combination with collisional activation mass spectrometry the mechanism for the ring-enlargement has been derived, clearly indicating that the oxygen/carbon bond is cleaved. A comparison of the experimental results with computational investigation (ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the 4-31G level) suggests that free tetrahydrofurfuryl cation 7 is not generated in the gas phase solvolysis. The elimination of H2O from the protonated molecule of 1 is a process characterised by anchimeric assistance of the ether oxygen 15.

Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)1647-1656
Number of pages10
JournalTetrahedron
Volume38
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982
Externally publishedYes

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