Base hydrolysis

Base hydrolysis Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction during which one or more water molecules are split into hydrogen and hydroxide ions which may go on to participate in further reactions.[1][2] It is the type of reaction that is used to break down certain polymers polymers,, especially those made by step-growth polymerization.. Such polymer degradation is usually catalysed by either acid i.e concentrated polymerization sulphuric acid [H2SO4] or alkali or alkali i.e. sodium hydroxide [NaOH] attack, often increasing with their strength or pH. pH. Hydrolysis is distinct from hydration hydration,, where hydrated molecule does not "lyse" (break into into two two new new compou compound nds) s).. It shoul should d not not be conf confus used ed with with hydrogenolysis hydrogenolysis,, a reaction of hydrogen.

Hydrolysis may be acidic and basic: Acid hydrolys: The type of hydrolysis carried out in the presence of an acid is called acid hydrolysis.

Base hydrolysis: The type of hydrolysis carried out in the presence of a base is called base hydrolysis.

Basic hydrolysis of Esters: Reaction under BASIC conditions : •

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The mechanism shown below leads to acyl-oxygen cleavage (see step2). The mechanism is supported by experiments using chiral alcohols.

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O labeled compounds and esters of

This reaction is known as " saponification" because it is the basis of making soap from glycerol triesters in fats. The mechanism is an example of the reactive system type. type.

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MECHANISM OF THE BASE HYDROLYSIS OF ESTERS Step1 The hydroxide nucleophiles attacks at the electrophilic C ofthe ester C=O, breaki breaking ng the bond and creati creating ng the tetrahedral intermediate . Step2: The intermediate collapses, reforming the C=O results in the loss of the leaving group the alkoxide, RO-, leading to the carboxylic acid. Step3 An acid acid / base base reacti reaction. on. A very very rapid rapid equili equilibri brium um where where the alkoxide,RO functions as a base deprotonating the carboxylic acid, RCO2H, (an acidic work up would allow the carboxylic acid to be obtained from the reaction).

Base Hydrolysis of Bis(acetylacetonato)nitridotechnetium(V)1, 2: Base hydrolysis of bis(acetylacetonato)nitridotechnetium(V), bis(acetylacetonato)nitridotechnetium(V), [TcN(acac) [TcN(acac) 2], was investigated in an aqueous3acetonitrile solution. The reaction kinetics was monitored by UV-visible spectroscopy. The base hydro hydrolys lysis is invol involves ves subst substitu itutio tion n of water water molecu molecules les for coordi coordinat nated ed acety acetylace laceton tonee (this (this stage stage is independent of the concentration of hydroxide ion), followed by slow decomposition of the intermediate complex by an attack of the h ydroxide ion. The respective rate constants were determined at 25oC.

Base-Catalysed Hydrolysis: The CB Mechanism As mentioned earlier the rates of substitution of octahedral complexes are not sensitive to the nature of the entering group-with one exception. In basic media Co(III) complexes having ligands of the type NH3, RNH2, R 2 NH NH are sensitive to the nature of the entering group. The base catalysed reactions are generally much more rapid than anation or hydrolyses in acid solution. The agreed mechanism, involves the removal of a proton from the amine ligand. This step step is gene genera rall lly y very very fast fast (10 (105 faster faster), ), and repres represent entss rapid rapid pre-eq pre-equil uilibr ibrium ium to the rate rate





If, however, K is quite small (it is in th erange 0.01-0.2 for Pt(IV) complexes) so that K[OH] << 1,, the rate law would reduce to that experimental observed.

Theoretical Study of Base-Catalyzed Amide Hydrolysis: Gas- and Aqueous-Phase Hydrolysis of Formamide: .

Base-catalyzed hydrolysis of formamide in the gas phase and in aqueous solution has been studied

using a combination of quantum chemical and statistical mechanical mechanical methods. A three-step procedure has been applied which comprises the determination of a gas-phase reaction path by high-level ab initio calculations, the calibrat calibration ion of empirica empiricall solute−so solute−solven lventt potentia potentials, ls, and classica classicall Monte Monte Carlo Carlo simulati simulations ons of the solute solute immersed in a bath of solvent molecules. These simulations yield the solvent effect as a potential of mean





toward formation of the intermediate. On the other hand, it also facilitates conformational isomerization and produces produces a more product-lik product-likee transiti transition on state state for the breakdown breakdown step. step. Solvent Solvent effects effects,, as expressed expressed by differences in free energy of solvation, are found to reflect variations in the solute's charge distribution and arereadily explained by the analysis of hydrogen bond patterns. The calculated free energy profile is in satisfactory agreement with available experimental data for the solution-phase reaction.

Base-mediated hydrolytic hydrolytic cleavage with chain migration of 1chloromethyl-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-b chloromethyl-tetrahydropyrano[3,4b]indoles: an unusual pathway to 2-succinoyl tryptophols: An unusual hydrolytic cleavage with 1,2-alkyl chain migration of 1-chloromethyl-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-b]indoles by heating with a limited amount of water and base in DMF is reported. A mechanism for the formation of 1,2-alkyl chain migration products, 2-succinoyl tryptophols, and the ring-expansion products, dihydro-oxepine fused indoles, is reported. No comparable 1,2-chain migration from a structurally related 1-chloromethyl-isochroman is observed.

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Catalytic hydrolysis of carboxylic acid esters by Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes containing a tetracoordinate macrocyclic Schiff base ligand in Brij35 micellar solution The macrocyclic Schiff base complexes of Cu(II) and Zn(II) in Brij35 micellar solution pare investigated kinetically for the catalytic hydrolysis of p of p-nitrophenyl -nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA) and pnitrop nitropheny henyll picoli picolinat natee (PNPP (PNPP)) at 30 °C. The result resultss indicat indicatee that that differ different ent mechani mechanisms sms are operative for the two complexes in the hydrolysis of PNPA and PNPP. The Cu(II) complex can only catalyze the hydrolysis of PNPP by the mechanism which involves the nucleophilic attack





Graphical Abstract: The kineti kinetics cs and mechani mechanisms sms for the hydrol hydrolys ysis is of two carboxy carboxylic lic esters esters in Brij35 Brij35 micell micellar ar soluti solution on cataly catalyzed zed by macrocy macrocyclic clic Schif Schifff base base comple complex x of Cu(II) Cu(II) and Zn(II) Zn(II) are reported. The differences in mechanisms are highlighted.

Base catalysed substitution reactions of octahedral cobalt(III) complexes: Mechanism switching by changing the leaving group The rates of base catalysed hydrolysis of six asym-[Co(dmptacn)X] asym-[Co(dmptacn)X]n+ and six asymasym[Co(dmpmetacn)X]n+ complexes have been studied to explore the role of the leaving group and the formal charge on these complex ions in determining the effective site of deprotonation, at one of the four distinct α-CH2 pyridyl sites or at an NH centre. The work corroborates the new pseudo-aminate mechanism established established for the chloro derivatives derivatives.. Deuterium Deuterium exchange and proton NMR experiments experiments have shown that the site of deprotonation is leaving group dependent, the first time this long-standing speculative idea has been proven. This work has also shown that the effect of improving the leaving group can override rate limiting deprotonation to the point where NH deprotonation, via the normal S N1CB mechanism, operates rather than the rate limiting pseudo-aminate mechanism. The steric course of substitution has been determined and the reaction via NH deprotonation, enforc enforced ed by employ employing ing an except exception ionall ally y good good leavin leaving g group group such such as the trifla triflate te ion, ion, has uncover uncovered ed a non-ret non-retent entive ive pathway pathway leadin leading g to the previo previousl usly y unknown unknown (and (and unstab unstable) le) sym sym isomeric product. The steric course of substitution is shown to be mechanism dependent. For reaction via α-CH2 deprotonation, which of the two arms is utilised proved quite leaving group dependent, although the specific proton on a particular ‘arm’ was always the same, consistent with the requirements of this new mechanism.

Graphical abstract The [Co(pentaam [Co(pentaamine)X ine)X]]n+ complexes studied bear at least one N-coordinated –CH2-pyridine group. The mechanism for base catalysed hydrolysis can be switched from the classic S N1CB to the pseudo-aminate mechanism, which involves rate limiting deprotonation, by simply changing the leaving group.





On the Origin of the Regioselective Hydrolysis Hydrolysis of a Naphthoquinone Diacetate: A Molecular Orbital Study A seletividade observada (Nunes, R.L.; Bieber, L.W.; L.W.; Longo, R.L. J. R.L. J. Nat. Prod. 1999 62, 62, 1600) na reação de hidrólise do diacetato de 2,5-dimetil-1,4-naftoidroquinona em condições reacionais brandas, meio básico, e que favoreceahidrólise do grupo 4acetato, foi investigada utilizando métodos de ab initio e semi-empíricos. Em fase gasosa (sistemas isolados) estes métodos não forneceram resultados consistentes com a seletividade observada. Com a inclusão dos efeitos do solvente (água) através do modelo de solvatação discreta no método semi-empírico AM1, foi possível estabelecer a estabilidade relativa dos intermediários tetraédricos e dos seus respectivos estados de tran transi siçã ção o como como sendo sendo a resp respon onsá sáve vell pela pela sele seleti tivi vida dade de obse observ rvad ada. a. A orig origem em da estabilidade relativa, e portanto, da seletividade está relacionada com as interação repulsivas repulsivas entre o grupo substituint substituintee 2-metil 2-metil no anel do naftaleno naftaleno e a metila do grupo 4-acetado, assim como o impedimento destes grupos à hidratação do grupamento iônico dos intermediários tetraédricos. The regioselectivity found in the mild basic hydrolysis of the 2,5-dimethyl-1,4naphthohydroquinone diacetate (Nunes, R.L.; Bieber, L.W.; Longo, R.L. J. R.L. J. Nat. Prod.







intermediates and their transitions states. The origin of this relative stability and thus of the observed selectivity is due to the repulsive interactions between the 2-methyl substituent in the naphthalene ring and the methyl group in the 4-acetate substituent, as well as their hindrance towards the hydration of the ionic group in the tetrahedral intermediates.

INTRODUCTION: saponification) has been used by the Base-p Base-promo romoted ted ester ester hydroly hydrolysi siss ( saponification) Phoenicians to make soap over 2000 years ago1. Nowadays this reaction is employed in organic synthesis mainly for protecting/deprotecting hydroxyl groups. This reaction is also widely used in introductory organic chemistry laboratories in undergraduate courses. Despite this reaction being so old and useful some of its aspects are still elusive. For instance, during the synthesis of the natural product Mansonone F2 a remarkable regioselectivity has been found for the base-promoted hydrolysis of the 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-naphthohydroquinone diacetate intermediate. As shown in Scheme 1, the hydrolysis of (1) in mild basic aqueous/methanol media yielded the monoacetates in 84% yield in a proportion of 80:20 of the isomers (2):(3), according to an 1H-NMR analysis2.





are polar and/or ionic, and the solvent is highly polar (water/methanol). Thus, the specific specific interactio interactions, ns, namely, namely, hydrogen hydrogen bonds have to be described described accurately accurately.. In addition, apolar methyl groups are present, so that their hydrophobic interactions also have to be considered properly. properly. The reaction mechanisms for the hydrolysis of carboxylic esters can be classified, according to Ingold5, as BAC1 and BAC2 for acyl cleavage and BAL1 and BAL2 for alky alkyll clea cleavag vage. e. In basi basicc aqueo aqueous us/o /org rgani anicc medi mediaa the the BAC2 BAC2 is the the pred predomi ominan nantt mechanism and involves a tetrahedral intermediate originated from the attack of the carbony carbonyll group group by the hydroxy hydroxyll ion6,7. Spectroscopi Spectroscopicc detection, detection, 18O labeli labeling ng and isolat isolation ion procedu procedures res,, as well well as thermo thermody dynami namicc and kineti kineticc data data have have provid provided ed 7,8 compell compelling ing evidenc evidencee for the existe existence nce of this this interm intermedi ediate ate . In the the gas gas phas phase, e, nucleop nucleophil hilic ic attack attackss to carboxy carboxylic lic esters esters take take a differ different ent course, course, with with the BAL2 BAL2 6 mechanism being the observed one . However, when the nucleophile is solvated, even by a single solvent molecule, the BAC2 mechanism is also observed6. Thus, the proper description of the solvent effects is essential to model this selectivity and to understand its origin.

Base hydrolysis

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