Correlations of pK_lg~Me with reduction potentials

摘要

The quantitative indices for the ability of leaving groups to depart from C atoms are pK_lg~Me. In the cases of methyl transfers from arenesulfonates, these parameters have correlated a large number of nucleophilic data. A new scale of these parameters has been defined from methyl transfer data between hpenylmethyl thioethers. The pK_lg~Me data from both sets of compounds correlated with both experimental E_1/2 values and E_LUMO values from computational chemistry.