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International audience; Through the linear free energy relationship log k=sN (N + E), the electrophilicity parameters E of 4-nitrobenzochalcogenadiazoles 1 a and 1 b have been determined, at 20 °C, by kinetic investigations of their electrophilic addition reactions to a series of nitroalkyl anions 2 a-c in aqueous solution. The derived E-parameters of electrophiles 1 a (E=-12.80) and 1 b (E=-11.46) have been integrated into the electrophilicity scale established by Mayr. Interestingly the less activated compound (1 a) has an E value which is practically the same as that of the 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (E=-13.19), the common reference aromatic electrophile. Mayr's approach was found to predict the rate constants for σ-complexation reactions of our electrophiles 1 a and 1 b with aniline and 4-chloroaniline in acetonitrile with a factor of 10−36. Good linear correlation (r2=0.9979) between the electrophilicity parameters E of 4,6-dinitrobenzochalcogenadiazoles 3 a-c and E values of their analogously 4-nitrobenzochalcogenadiazoles 1 a-c has been found and analysed. Furthermore, effect of basicity of nitronate anions 2 a-c on their nucleophilic reactivity has also been examined quantitatively on the basis of kinetic data. Imbalance effect is suggested to be responsible for the finding of an inequality between the Brønsted αelec and βnuc values.

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The aim of this work is to study the nucleophilic reactivity of a series of 3-X-thiophenes (X = OC2H5, CH3, H et Br) and the electrophilic reactivity of a series of 3-X-5-nitrothiophenes (X = NO2, CN, SO2CH3, CONH2 et H).According to the free energy relationship log k = s(N + E), the nucleophile-specific parameters N and s of 3-X-thiophenes have been evaluated and compared with the reactivities of other C-nucleophiles in acetonitrile. On the other hand, the satisfactory Hammett correlations (log k1 vs.  obtained confirms that a 3-X substituent exerts an effect on the 2-position of the same type as that exerted from the 5-position (hyper-ortho correlations).Kinetics of the reactions of 3-5-dinitrothiophene and 3-cyano-5-nitrothiophene with a series of para-substituted phenoxide anions have been investigated in aqueous solution at 20 °C. Two unsubstituted electrophilic centers of these thiophenes were identified. The electrophilicity parameters E of the C-4 and C-2 positions of the two thiophenes were determined and compared with the reactivities of other ambident electrophiles. Analysis of the experimental data in terms of structure-reactivity relationships reveals that the reactions mechanism likely involves a single electron transfer (SET) process. It is of particular interest to note that the systems studied in this paper provide a rare example of a SET mechanism in σ-complexation reactions., Le travail rapporté dans ce mémoire a pour objectif l’étude de la réactivité nucléophile d’une série de 3-X-thiophènes (X = OC2H5, CH3, H et Br) et celle de la réactivité électrophile d’une série de 3-X-5-nitrothiophènes (X = NO2, CN, SO2CH3, CONH2 et H).L’application de l’équation log k = s (N + E) a permis de positionner sur l’échelle universelle N de Mayr la réactivité nucléophile -carbonée des 3-X-thiophènes dans l’acétonitrile. Par ailleurs, l’effet du substituant X a été discuté à la lumière de "l’hyper-ortho correlation" mis en évidence pour la première fois avec cette série de nucléophiles.L’étude cinétique dans l’eau a révélé que l’addition d’anions phénate para-substitués peut intervenir compétitivement sur les deux positions C-2 et C-4 non substitués du 2,4-dinitrothiophène et du 3-cyano-5-nitrothiophène. Les constantes cinétiques ainsi recueillies ont permis la quantification de la réactivité électrophile ambidente des positions C-4 et C-2 de chacun de ces deux électrophiles. L’analyse des diverses corrélations structure-réactivité obtenues a permis de montrer que le mécanisme de l’interaction peut s’inscrire vraisemblablement dans le contexte d’un mécanisme SET (Single Electron Transfert). Il est intéressant de noter que ce résultat constitue le premier exemple d’un processus SET observé dans le cadre des réactions de σ-complexation polaires en série thiophénique.