Contribution of Electrophilic Interference on Solvolytic Reactions in Fluorinated Alcohol Mixtures

Contribution of Electrophilic Interference on Solvolytic Reactions in Fluorinated Alcohol Mixtures

The degree of electrophilic interference on the solvolytic reactions of model substrates has been studied in fluorinated alcohol solvent mixtures. With variation of solvent composition of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol(HFP) and 2-propanol (PrOH) mixtures, the magnitude of electrophilic solvent assistance was changed inversely with the degree of nucleophilic solvent assistance. The contribution of electrophilic interference for 2-adamantyl tosylate showed higher than tert-butyl chloride in HFP-PrOH mixtures. Through a correlation of nucleophilic solvent assistance and electrophilic solvent assistance based on the method of double differences, HFP-PrOH mixture showed a big discrepancy from non-fluorinated alcohol systems.