Gas-phase elimination reaction of ethyl (5-cyanomethyl-1,3,4- thiadiazol-2-yl)carbamate: A computational study

Ederley Vélez, Pablo Ruíz, Jairo Quijano, Rafael Notario

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Abstract

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The gas-phase elimination reaction of ethyl (5-cyanomethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)carbamate has been studied computationally at the MP2/6–31++G(2d,p) level of theory. The values of the activation parameters and rate constants for the thermal decomposition were evaluated over a temperature range from 405.0 to 458.0 K. The temperature dependence of the rate constants was used to deduce the modified Arrhenius expression: log k405–458 K = (9.01 ± 0.49) + (1.32 ± 0.16) log T – (6946 ± 30) 1/T, which is in good agreement with the expression obtained from experimental data. The results confirm that the mechanism is a cis-concerted elimination that occurs in two steps: The first one corresponds to the formation of ethylene and an intermediate, 5-(cyanomethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl-carbamic acid, via a six-membered cyclic transition state, and the second one is the decarboxylation of this intermediate via a four-membered cyclic transition step, leading to carbon dioxide and the corresponding 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative (5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-acetonitrile). The connectivity of transition states with their respective minima was verified through intrinsic reaction coordinate calculations, and the progress of the reaction was followed by means of Wiberg bond indices, resulting that both transition states have an “early” character, nearer to the reactants than to the products.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)23-31
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Nov 2015

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