TY - JOUR AU - Mayr, Herbert AB - The kinetics of the reactions of maleic anhydride, N‐methylmaleimide, fumaronitrile, diethyl fumarate, and diethyl maleate with pyridinium and sulfonium ylides were studied in DMSO at 20 °C. All of the reactions were found to follow a second‐order rate law, and can be described by the linear free energy relationship log k2 (20 °C) = sN(N + E), where N and sN are solvent‐dependent nucleophile‐specific parameters, and E is an electrophile‐specific parameter. The electrophilicity parameters E of the investigated acceptor‐substituted alkenes were derived from the linear correlations of (log k2)/sN vs. N, and range from –19.8 to –11.1. TI - Electrophilicities of 1,2‐Disubstituted Ethylenes JF - European Journal of Organic Chemistry DO - 10.1002/ejoc.201301779 DA - 2014-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/electrophilicities-of-1-2-disubstituted-ethylenes-EOcp8P1kjH SP - 2956 EP - 2963 VL - 2014 IS - 14 DP - DeepDyve ER -