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'''Ether cleavage''' refers to chemical substitution reactions that lead to the cleavage of [[ether]]s. The most common reagents used in ether cleavage are hydrohalic acids and certain organolithium compounds.<br />
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==General==<br />
In organic chemistry, ether cleavage is an acid catalyzed nucleophilic substitution reaction. Depending on the specific ether, cleavage can follow either S<sub>N</sub>1 or S<sub>N</sub>2 mechanisms. Distinguishing between both mechanisms requires consideration of inductive and mesomeric effects that could stabilize or destabilize a potential carbocation in the S<sub>N</sub>1 pathway.<ref>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cr60170a003</ref><br />
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S<sub>N</sub>1 ether cleavage is generally faster than S<sub>N</sub>2 ether cleavage. However, reactions that would require the formation of unstable carbocations (methyl, vinyl, aryl or primary carbon) proceed via S<sub>N</sub>2 mechanism. The hydrohalic acid also plays an important role, as the rate of reaction is greater with [[hydroiodic acid]] than with [[hydrobromic acid]]. [[Hydrochloric acid]] only reacts under more rigorous conditions. The reason lies in the higher acidity of the heavier hydrohalic acids as well as the higher nucleophilicity of the respective conjugate base. Fluoride is not nucleophilic enough to allow for usage of [[hydrofluoric acid]] to cleave ethers in protic media. Usage of hydrohalic acids takes advantage of the fact that these agents are able to protonate the ether oxygen atom and also provide a halide anion as a suitable nucleophile. However, as ethers show similar basicity as alcohols (pKa of approximately 16), the equilibrium of protonation lies on the side of the unprotonated ether and cleavage is usually very slow at room temperature. <br />
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Ethers can also be cleaved by strongly basic agents, such as organolithium compounds. While acyclic ethers are cleaved by said reagents, cyclic ethers are especially susceptible to cleavage, though the process occurs faster at room temperature and it's very slow at very low temperatures.<br />
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==Mechanism==<br />
===S<sub>N</sub>1 ether cleavage===<br />
Example: [[Methyl tert-butyl ether]] and [[hydrobromic acid]]<br />
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The unimolecular S<sub>N</sub>1 mechanism proceeds via a carbocation (provided that the carbocation can be adequately stabilized). In the example shown below, the oxygen atom in methyl tert-butyl ether is reversibly protonated. The resulting oxonium ion then decomposes into methanol and a relatively stable tert-butyl cation. The latter is then attacked by a nucleophile halide (in this case, bromide), yielding tert-butyl bromide.<br />
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[[File:SN1 ether cleavage reaction mechanism.png|frameless|upright=2.65]]<br />
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===S<sub>N</sub>2 ether cleavage===<br />
Example: Methyl n-propyl ether and [[hydrobromic acid]]<br />
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If the potential carbocation can not be stabilized, ether cleavage follows a bimolecular, concerted SN2 mechanism. In the example, the ether oxygen is reversibly protonated. The halide ion (here bromide) then nucleophilically attacks the sterically less hindered carbon atom, thereby forming methyl bromide and 1-propanol.<br />
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[[File:SN2 ether cleavage reaction mechanism.png|frameless|upright=2.65]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Relevant Sciencemadness threads===<br />
*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=4975 Ether cleavage]<br />
*[http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=53345 What is the mechanism for catalytic cleavage of ethers by Lewis Acid's?]<br />
*[http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=19087 Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether/ Ether Cleavage]<br />
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