Friday, February 1, 2019

What is hyper-conjugation or Baker-Nathan effect and its stability


What is hyper-conjugation or Baker-Nathan effect ?

There is evidence that a C-H  bond which is adjacent to a pi  bond  can take part in a delocalized system . The simplest example is propylene a  C- H bonding orbital in the methyl group which is orthogonal to the plane containing the carbon atom interacts with the adjacent p-orbital to form delocalized molecular orbital



This is termed hyper-conjugation or Baker-Nathan effect.
For example , hyper-conjugation of toluene and propylene are as follows ,




What is no-bond resonance ?

The delocalization  of sigma-electrons or lone pair of electrons  into adjacent pi-orbitals or p-orbitals  is called hyper-conjugation. 

In hyper-conjugation , each alpha hydrogen in each resonating  structure remain  separate that is each  C – H  remain separate .

 For this reason, hyper-conjugation is also called‘no-bond resonance’.

Baker Nathan effect: 

 A completely different approach to this problem of 1,2 -addition is the use of the Baker-Nathan effect. Generally, the I effect of alkyl group is t-butyl> isopropyl > ethyl > methyl .

This order of I  effect has been used satisfactorily explain various physical data. In some reactions this order is reversed . 

For example, Baker and Nathan examined kinetically the reaction between p-substituted benzyl bromides and pyridine.

The reaction was carried in acetone,and was shown to be entirely SN2 . Thus reaction may be formulated.


Application of hyper-conjugation:

Why propene is more stable than ethene ?

Propene is more stabler than ethene  due to greater hyper-conjugation effect for propene .But this effect is absent in ethene. 

For this, the heat of hydrogenation value of ethene is greater than propene.
The hyper-conjugation of ethene and propene are shown below.

Wh2-methyl-but-2-ene is more stable than 2-methyl-but-1-ene?   

Similarly , 2-metyhyl –but-2-ene is more stable than 2-methyl –but-1-ene . Because ,  2-metyhyl –but-2-ene  contains 9 alpha hydrogen  whereas  2-methyl –but-1-ene have five alpha-hydrogen.  

So, 2-metyhyl –but-2-ene exhibit nine resonating structure which is more than 2-methyl –but-1-ene. Consequently, 2-metyhyl –but-2-ene is more stable than 2-methyl –but-1-ene.

Stability of carbo cations or free radicals :    

Stability of carbo cations or free radicals depends on hyper-conjugation effect. Primary, secondary and tertiary carbocation contains 3, 6 and 9 alpha-hydrogen atom respectively. 

So, tertiary carbo cation or free radical have nine resonating structure . whereas secondary  carbocation  or free radical  have six and primary carbocation have have three resonating structure.

Consequently. Tertiary butyl radical  have highest and primary carbo-cation have lowest  stability.


Summary: 

What is Baker Nathan effect ? 
Why hyperconjugation is also called no-bond resonance? 
Why propene is more stable than ethene ? 
Why2-methyl-but-2-ene is more stable than2-methyl-but-1-ene?  




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