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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2024 Oct 15;89(21):16004–16009. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01690

Table 1.

Reaction parameters of the reaction of organic carbonates with NaSH

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Substrate 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e

R group CH3 CH2CF3 4-NO2-Ph Ph 4-OMe-Ph
pKa (ROH) 15.54 12.46 7.15 9.98 10.21
NaSHa 4.8(4) 90.5(8) 230(50) 49(8) 6(2)
k (M−1s−1)b 0.018(2) 0.362(3) 0.9(2) 0.21(3) 0.023(7)
Hydrolysisc 2.7(1) 21.5(1) 60(20) 16(2) 4(1)
Ratio 1.8:1 4.22:1 3.7:1 3.0:1 1.4:1

Initial rates (10−10 × M/s). Reaction monitored by UV-vis kinetics at 401 nm.

a

Conditions: 25 μM 1, 1000 μM NaSH, pH 7.4 PBS

b

Calculated from concentrations of 1 and NaSH.

c

Conditions: 25 μM 1, pH 7.4 PBS.