Struktur und Reaktivität heterosubstituierter Nitrile. 24 Kinetik und Mechanismus der Reaktion von o-Phenylendiamin mit Arylcyanaten

Structure and Reactivity of Heterosubstituted Nitriles. 24. Kinetics and Mechanism of the Reaction of o-Phenylen diamine with Aryl Cyanates The second and third order rate constants for the reaction of o-phenylene diamine with aryl cyanates to 2-amino benzimidazole phenylester imide in water/dioxane have been determined by i.r. measurements. The reaction proceeds through a bimolecular and a trimolecular mechanism simultaneously. In the slow step of the bimolecular process an electrophilic attack of the aryl cyanate on o-phenylene diamine takes place in a seven membered cyclic transition state. The slow step of the trimolecular mechanism consists of a nucleophilic attack of the diamine on a phenole aryl cyanate associate by a six membered cyclic transition state. The final products of both reactions are formed by successive fast reactions.