Baker-Nathan effect

Baker-Nathan effect

The Baker-Nathan effect in organic chemistry is an effect observed with reaction rates for certain chemical reactions with certain substrates where the order in reactivity cannot be explained solely by an inductive effect of substituents. [HYPERCONJUGATION: INTERMEDIATES AND TRANSITION STATES IN REPLACEMENT AND ELIMINATION Peter B.D. de la Mare Pure & Appl. Chem., Vol 56, No. 12, pp 755—1766, 1984 http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/1984/pdf/5612x1755.pdf]

This effect was described in 1935 by John W. Baker and W. S. Nathan. ["118. The mechanism of aromatic side-chain reactions with special reference to the polar effects of substituents. Part III. The effect of unipolar substituents on the critical energy and probability factors in the interaction of benzyl bromide with pyridine and -picoline in various solvents" John W. Baker and W. S. Nathan J. Chem. Soc., 1935, 519 - 527, DOI|10.1039/JR9350000519] ["428. The mechanism of aromatic side-chain reactions with special reference to the polar effects of substituents. Part IV. The mechanism of quaternary salt formation" John W. Baker, Wilfred S. Nathan, J. Chem. Soc., 1935, 1840-1844 DOI|10.1039/JR9350001840 ] ["429. The mechanism of aromatic side-chain reactions with special reference to the polar effects of substituents. Part V. The polar effects of alkyl groups" John W. Baker, Wilfred S. Nathan, J. Chem. Soc., 1935, 1844-1847 DOI|10.1039/JR9350001844 ] They examined the chemical kinetics for the reaction of pyridine with benzyl bromide and with a range of benzyl bromides with different para alkyl substituents (reaction product a pyridinium salt).

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The reaction is facilitated by electron-releasing substituents (the inductive effect) and in general the observed order (with decreasing reactivity) is tert-butyl > isopropyl > ethyl > methyl. The observed order in this particular reaction however was methyl > ethyl> isopropyl > tert-butyl. In 1935 Baker and Nathan explained the observed difference in terms of a conjugation effect and in later years after the advent of hyperconjugation (1939) as its predecessor.

A fundamental problem with the effect is that differences in the observed order are relatively small and therefore difficult to measure accurately. Other researchers have found similar results or very different results. An alternative explanation for the effect is differential solvatation as orders invert on going from the solution phase to the gas phase. ["Concerning the Baker-Nathan Effect" W. M. SCHUBERT, W. A. SWEENEY J. Org. Chem.; 1956; 21(1); 119-124. DOI|10.1021/jo01107a027]

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