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Benzoylnitrene Radical Anion: a New Reagent for the Generation of M-2H Anions View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector APPLICATION NOTE Benzoylnitrene Radical Anion: A New Reagent for the Generation of M-2H Anions Neloni R. Wijeratne and Paul G. Wenthold Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA Benzoylnitrene radical anion, formed in high abundance by electron ionization of benzoyla- zide, is found to be a useful reagent for the formation of ionized reactive intermediates, such as diradicals and carbenes. The reactivity of the ion is similar to what is observed with atomic ϩ oxygen anion, occurring in many instances by H transfer. However, because benzoylnitrene 2 ϩ radical anion is less basic than oxygen anion, it undergoes H2 transfer with substrates that react with oxygen anion by only proton transfer and therefore can be used to generate reactive ions not easily prepared by other methodologies. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2007, 18, 2014–2016) © 2007 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Ϫ he atomic oxygen anion (O ) is a versatile re- eV electron ionization (EI) of benzoylazide, 1a (eq 1), agent that can be used for chemical ionization but a solid reagent easily synthesized [10] by reaction of Thas in the last 30 years often been utilized pre- benzoylchloride with sodium azide. [Azides are po- dominately for the generation of negative ions of highly tentially explosive and should be handled with reactive species [1]. Although the reactivity of the ion in proper precautions. However, we have not encoun- the formation of reactive species can be unselective tered any problems in this work.] Conditions in the Ϫ and/or unpredictable, reaction of O with organic flowing afterglow include P(He) ϭ 0.400 torr, with precursors is still the first method of choice for the flow(He) ϭ 200 L/min (STP). Under EI conditions, Ϫ generation of ionized carbenes or ionized diradicals. other primary ionic products include NCO and Part of the appeal of atomic oxygen ion is that it is Ϫ phenide, C6H5 , formed in 5 and 1%, respectively, of Ϫ readily generated by electron or discharge ionization of the abundance of 1 . A secondary product is also either N2OorO2, and therefore can be used in almost all observed with m/z ϭ 224, which likely corresponds to Ϫ chemical ionization sources. In particular, oxygen ion is a product resulting from condensation 1 and 1a readily generated in the sources of negative ion photo- accompanied by loss of mass 42, which could be electron spectrometers, and therefore ions formed by Ϫ either N or NCO. Under normal operating condi- reaction with O and their corresponding neutrals can 3 tions, the abundance of the m/z 224 ion is ca. 5% of be studied by photoelectron spectroscopy [2]. Ϫ Ϫ Ϫ that for 1 , such that ion 1 is overwhelmingly the One of the limitations to the reactivity of O is that it is most abundant ion in the reactor. Collision-induced relatively basic (⌬H (OH) ϭ 382.6 kcal/mol) [3] such acid dissociation of 1- occurs by formation of m/z 42, that reactions with strong acids, such as phenols and Ϫ which is presumably the isocyanate anion, NCO . carboxylic acids, will occur mostly by proton transfer. As Ϫ Ϫ such, O is generally not well-suited for the generation of The dissociation threshold for loss of NCO ,0.85eV, oxygen-based M-2H ions. Consequently, more compli- [7] rules out other possible structures, such as phe- cated reactivity approaches have been developed to facil- nylisocyanate radical anion, which would have a itate the synthesis of these types of species. However, much higher dissociation energy if they were formed Ϫ Ͼ these methods are not as general as reaction with O , and ( 1.37 eV) [3]. require either specific ion sources [4], specialized reactants [5], or use of hazardous reagents [6]. O O In the course of recent investigations of nitrenes, _ _ N we examined the reactivity of benzoylnitrene radical N3 +e (1) Ϫ _ anion, 1 [7], in a flowing afterglow-triple quadru- N2 pole mass spectrometer, described previously [8, 9]. Ϫ Ion 1 is readily formed in very high abundance by 70 1a 1- Address reprint requests to Dr. P. G. Wenthold, Department of Chemistry, Ϫ Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1084, USA. Reaction of 1 with phenols occurs by hydrogen atom E-mail: [email protected] transfer (HAT), leading to formation of m/z 120, 2, which Published online August 30, 2007 © 2007 American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Published by Elsevier Inc. Received June 19, 2007 1044-0305/07/$32.00 Revised August 28, 2007 doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2007.08.017 Accepted August 28, 2007 J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2007, 18, 2014–2016 M-2H ANION FORMATION WITH BENZOYLNITRENE RADICAL ANION 2015 O O O OH _ _ _ N + N -R NH + RH CH3 11– 2 _ OH _ _ O O O O O _ BH _ -R +B _ Proton N HAT NH NH2 Transfer O O CH3 CH3 CH2 NH NH2 _ O O 1H 3 NH2 + CH2 Scheme 1 Scheme 2 Table 1. Thermochemical properties of species used in this work (values in kcal/mol) M-2H ions from phenol derivatives is that the acidity of Ϫ ⌬ Ϫ Ϫ R H Hacid(R H) DH298(R H) Reference the conjugate acid radical, 1H, is below those of many Ϫ Ϯ phenols (Table 1), such that ion 1 is typically not basic C6H5CONH, 1H 346 2.1 7 Ϫ Ϯ enough to deprotonate them. As a result, the mass C6H5CONH , 2 96 37 Ϯ Ϯ spectrum is not complicated by the presence of a peak C6H5CONH2, 3 354.0 2.1 104 43,12 Ϫ Ϯ Ϯ C6H5OH 350. 290 33,14 at mass (M-1). One exception is the reaction of 1 with Ϯ Ϯ C6H5CH3 379.2 2.1 89 0.6 3, 13, 14 2,5-dihydroxy-p-quinone (eq 4), in which deprotonation Ϯ Ϯ ϩ C6H5NH2 366.4 2.1 90 23,16 is about eight times more efficient than H abstraction. ϪϪ Ϯ Ϯ 2 C6H5NH 366.4 2.1 95 43 CH CO H 348.1 Ϯ 2.2 112 Ϯ 33,14 3 2 _ OH O _ is the same ion that is formed by deprotonation of benz- +1+ 1 + 3 (3) amide, 3 (Scheme 1). HAT in these reactions is exothermic, Ϫ OH O as the hydrogen atom affinity of 1 is 96 kcal/mol (Table 1), whereas the O–H bond dissociation energies (BDEs) O are ca. 90 kcal/mol in phenols [11, 12]. Although the C–H _ O and N–H BDEs in toluene and aniline, respectively, are similar to that in phenol [13–16], no reaction is observed + 1H Ϫ between 1 and toluene or aniline, indicating that there HO may be energy barriers to slow these reactions. O O OH _ _ + 1 (4) O H OH _ HO + 1 (2) CF + 3 O F C 3 F3C CF3 O 3 _ O + 3 With reagents that contain a second acidic proton, O M-2H ions are observed. For example, reaction with 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol gives efficient formation O of m/z 166, the hexafluoroketone radical anion (eq 2). High 5 yields of M-2H ions are also observed with methylphenols (o-, m-, and p-cresol). The resulting ions presumably cor- _ _ _ respond to previously unobserved quinomethane radical O O O anions, 4. Given that hydrogen abstraction occurs from CH phenols but not toluene, the reaction likely proceeds first 2 by hydrogen abstraction from oxygen, followed by dep- CH rotonation at the ␣-carbon (Scheme 2). 2 Ϫ CH M-2H ions are also observed in reactions of 1 with 2 hydroquinones. Thus, reaction of m-hydroquinone (4a) (4b) (4c) gives the m-quinone radical anion (eq 3) [17]. Although dehydrophenol anions could possibly be formed by deprotonation of ring protons, they can be ruled out by However, it is worth noting that the (M-2H) ion 5, the fact that M-2H anions are not formed in the reaction the negative ion of tetra-oxobenzene, is still formed in with phenol. An important feature of the generation of the reaction in sufficient yield for subsequent studies. 2016 WIJERATNE AND WENTHOLD J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2007, 18, 2014–2016 Other reagents we have found that give M-2H ions Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, Ϫ upon reaction with 1 include malononitrile (eq 5a), for partial support of this work. 3-methylbenzoic acid (eq 5b), and acetic acid (eq 5c). The M-2H products are formed in varying yields in References absolute terms (due mainly to volatility issues) and 1. Lee, J.; Grabowski, J. J. Reactions of the Atomic Oxygen Radical Anion relative to the M-H ions. With acetic acid, additional and the Synthesis of Organic Reactive Intermediates. Chem. Rev. 1992, reaction products are observed including the HAT 92, 1611–1647. Ϫ Ϫ 2. Wenthold, P. G.; Lineberger, W. C. Negative Ion Photoelectron Spec- product and CO3 , which corresponds to transfer of O troscopy Studies of Organic Reactive Intermediates. Acc. Chem. Res. Ϫ and loss of methane. An ion corresponding to CH CO 1999, 32, 597–604. 3 2 3. Bartmess,, J. E. In Negative Ion Energetics Data. NIST Chemistry is also observed in the reaction, but it likely results from WebBook, NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69; Linstrom, P. J., reaction between acetic acid and the HAT transfer Mallard, W.
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