Table 6.2. Acidity of Some Hydrocarbons: Entry Hydrocarbon Cs (CHA) Cs (THF) K (DMSO)

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Table 6.2.

Acidity of Some Hydrocarbons 583


Entry Hydrocarbon Cs+ (CHA)a Cs+ (THF)b K+ (DMSO)c SECTION 6.1
Acidity of Hydrocarbons
1 PhCH2 H 41.2 40.9 43

2 (CH3 )2CH H 35.1 33.1

3 (Ph2)CH H 33.4 33.3 32.3

4 (Ph)3C H 31.4 31.3 30.6

5
31.2
H H

6 22.7 22.9 22.6


H H

7 19.9 20.1
H H

8 18.5 18.2 17.9


Ph H

9 16.6 18.1
H H

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of cyclopentadiene, as illustrated by comparing Entries 6, 7, and 9. (This relationship


is considered in Problem 6.3)
Allylic conjugation stabilizes carbanions and pK values of 43 (in cyclohexy-
lamine)11 and 47–48 (in THF-HMPA)12 were determined for propene. On the basis
of exchange rates with cesium cyclohexylamide, cyclohexene and cycloheptene were
found to have pK values of about 45 in cyclohexylamine.13 These data indicate that
allylic positions have pK ∼ 45. The hydrogens on the sp2 carbons in benzene and
ethene are more acidic than the hydrogens in saturated hydrocarbons. A pK of 45 has
been estimated for benzene on the basis of extrapolation from a series of halogenated

11
D. W. Boerth and A. Streitwieser, Jr., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 103, 6443 (1981).
12
B. Jaun, J. Schwarz, and R. Breslow, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 102, 5741 (1980).
13
A. Streitwieser, Jr., and D. W. Boerth, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 100, 755 (1978).

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