Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Methylated Hydroxylamines with Bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate. Mass Spectrometric Identification of Key Intermediates

Abstract

Mono- and dimethylation of hydroxylamine on nitrogen does not significantly affect rates of initial attack of NHMeOH and NMe(2)OH on bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate (BDNPP), which is largely by oxygen phosphorylation. O-Methylation, however, blocks this reaction and NH(2)OMe then slowly reacts with BDNPP via N-attack at phosphorus and at the aryl group. With NHMeOH, the initial product of O-attack at phosphorus reacts further, either by reaction with a second NHMeOH or by a spontaneous shift of NHMe to the aryl group via a transient cyclic intermediate. There is a minor N-attack of NHMeOH on BDNPP in an S(N)2(Ar) reaction. Reactions occurring via N-attack are blocked by N-dimethylation, and reaction of NMe(2)OH with BDNPP occurs via O-attack, generating a long-lived product. Reaction mechanisms have been probed, and intermediates identified, by using both NMR and MS spectroscopy, with the novel interception of key reaction intermediates in the course of reaction by electrospray ionization mass and tandem mass spectrometry.

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