Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1987, 52, 2005-2018
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19872005
Kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of mono- and dimethyl esters of 2,3- and 3,4-thiophenedicarboxylic acids, cyanothiophenecarboxylic acids and their dihydroanalogues
Milan Struhárika, Pavel Hrnčiara and Dušan Loosb
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava
b Chemical Institute, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava
Abstract
Kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of mono- and dimethyl esters of 2,3- and 3,4-thiophenedicarboxylic acids and their dihydroanalogues have been studied in 70% dioxane. The rate measurements have been carried out by the titrimetric method and the k1, k2 rate constants evaluated by the Frost-Schwemer method. The activation parameters of these reactions have been calculated. The results are compared with kinetic parameters of alkaline hydrolysis of methyl and dimethyl phthalates. The hydrolysis rate is significantly affected by the cyclic system to which the methoxycarbonyl groups are bound, the reactivity order being: Dihydrothiophene > thiophene > benzene. Also measured were the kinetics of alkaline hydrolyses of methyl 4-cyano-3-thiophenecarboxylate and 3-cyano-2-thiophenecarboxylate and of their dihydroanalogues. No meaningful preference of the hydrolysis of the group at the position 2 has been observed in case of 2,3-isomers. However, it has been confirmed that the hyper- and hypo-ortho transfer of electronic effects operates in the thiophene nucleus.
