Salvatella Luis
Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza Pedro Cerbuna 12 E-50009 Zaragoza Spain
RSC Adv. 2018 Jan 22;8(7):3828-3832. doi: 10.1039/c7ra09833b. eCollection 2018 Jan 16.
Four alternative mechanisms for the benzenesulfonic acid + methanol esterification reaction have been studied at the B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ level. The participation of a pentacoordinate sulfur intermediate (in either neutral or protonated form) can be disregarded according to energy considerations. Instead, results show a low activation barrier for the S1 pathway (through a sulfonylium cation intermediate) and a moderate barrier for the S2 path (involving protonated methanol as an alkylating reagent).
在B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ水平上研究了苯磺酸与甲醇酯化反应的四种替代机理。根据能量考虑,五配位硫中间体(中性或质子化形式)的参与可以忽略不计。相反,结果表明S1途径(通过锍阳离子中间体)的活化能垒较低,而S2途径(涉及质子化甲醇作为烷基化试剂)的能垒适中。