Free radical reactions of pyridoxal (vitamin B6): a pulse radiolysis study

Redox reactions of pyridoxal (P-OH) with e¯_aq, ^. OH, N ^. ₃, SO ^. ₄¯ and various organo-haloperoxyl radicals have been studied using pulse radiolysis technique. The rate constants for the reaction of P-OH or P-O¯ with the above-mentioned radicals and the transient absorption spectra have been measured. The transients formed in the reaction of hydrated electron and oxidizing radicals with pyridoxal have been assigned. An attempt has been made to find a correlation between the rate constants and Taft parameter for the reactions with the organo-haloperoxyl radicals. It has also been observed that the one-electron oxidized radical of pyridoxal is repaired by uric acid. The reduction potential for the P-OH ^.+/P-OH couple at pH 7, as measured by cyclic voltammetry, has been found to be +1.11 V vs. NHE.     

One-electron redox reactions of trifluoperazine in aqueous solutions

Absolute rate constants have been measured for the reactions of the primary and specific one-electron oxidant radicals with the protonated form of trifluoperazine (TFP). The primary radicals, e^- _aq and OH·, react with TFP at diffusion controlled rates. The transients thus produced have been characterized. Halogenated aliphatic peroxyl radicals oxidize TFP with rate constants between 10⁷ and 10⁸ dm³ mol^-1 s^-1, depending on the structure of the peroxyl radical. The reactivity of peroxyl radicals has been found to vary with Taft's inductive parameter. Oxidation of TFP at acidic pH has been studied using stopped-flow technique. The reaction between TFP radical cation and ascorbic acid has also been examined using pulse radiolysis technique. The results indicate that TFP radical cation is repaired by ascorbate. One-electron reduction potential of TFP · + /TFP at pH 3.5 has been calculated to be 0.964 V vs. NHE.     

Alpha radiolytic degradation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-dihexyl octanamide

The primary purpose of this study was to understand the alpha radiolytic degradation behavior of N,N-dihexyl octanamide (DHOA) vis a vis tributyl phosphate (TBP) solutions in n-dodecane under plutonium loading conditions. These studies were carried out as a function of dose on different Pu loaded samples (containing 0.002-10 g/L Pu) from 4 M HNO₃ medium. These Pu loaded solutions were evaluated for stripping behavior by contacting with 0.5 M NH₂OH at 0.5 M HNO₃ solutions. Organic phase analysis was carried out by gas chromatography (GC) and by visible spectrophotometry. These studies clearly indicated that Pu stripping becomes difficult with increased dose in the case of TBP system. On the other hand, no such problem was observed in DHOA system during stripping of plutonium, thereby indicating that DHOA is a promising candidate for the reprocessing of high burn up Pu rich spent fuels.     

Redox Behavior of Neptunium(V) in Tributyl Phosphate and <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Dihexyl Octanamide Extractants Dissolved in <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Dodecane

Spectrophotometric investigations have been carried out on the disproportionation of Np(V) to form Np(IV) and Np(VI) in 1.1 mol⋅L⁻¹ solutions of tributyl phosphate (TBP) and in N,N-dihexyl octanamide (DHOA) in n-dodecane medium. The Np(V) was found to coordinate with Np(IV) in 1.1 mol⋅L⁻¹ TBP solution in n-dodecane to form a mixed valence “cation–cation” complex by bonding through an axial oxo group on Np(V). By contrast, this interaction was less prominent in the case of 1.1 mol⋅L⁻¹ DHOA solutions. The effect of 1-octanol, added as phase modifier, on the disproportionation behavior of Np(V) was also investigated. An attempt was made to calculate the disproportionation/reduction rate constants for Np(V) under the conditions of these studies. Absorbance measurements on the Np stripped from organic phases revealed the occurrence of Np(V) in the aqueous phase.     

Reaction between Azidyl Radicals and Alkynes: A Straightforward Approach to NH‐1,2,3‐Triazoles

Reaction between nitrogen‐centered radicals and unsaturated C?C bonds is an effective synthetic strategy for the construction of nitrogen‐containing molecules. Although the reactions between nitrogen‐centered radicals and alkenes have been studied extensively, their counterpart reactions with alkynes are extremely rare. Herein, the first example of reactions between azidyl radicals and alkynes is described. This reaction initiated an efficient cascade reaction involving inter‐/intramolecular radical homolytic addition toward a C?C triple bond and a hydrogen‐atom transfer step to offer a straightforward approach to NH‐1,2,3‐triazoles under mild reaction conditions. Both the internal and terminal alkynes work well for this transformation and some heterocyclic substituents on alkynes are compatible. This mechanistically distinct strategy overcomes the inherent limitations associated with azide anion chemistry and represents a rare example of reactions between a nitrogen‐centered radicals and alkynes.     

Application of hollow fiber supported liquid membrane for the separation of americium from the analytical waste

Americium from analytical solid waste containing U and metallic impurities was separated using hollow fiber supported liquid membrane (HFSLM) technique impregnated with DHOA–TODGA from nitric acid medium. An aliquot of 5 g of the solid waste containing Am (19.95 mg) as minor actinide and of U (2,588 mg), Fe (1,360 mg), Ca (1,810 mg) and Na (3,130 mg) as major impurities was processed. The feed solution obtained after the dissolution of the residue in ~4 M HNO₃ was passed through HFSLM module. In the first stage using 1 M DHOA–dodecane U was recovered while Am and other impurities were left in the raffinate. In the second stage, 0.5 M DHOA + 0.1 M TODGA/dodecane was used for the separation of Am from other impurities. Though, majority of the elements were separated in this cycle, Ca was co extracted along with the americium. CMPO extraction chromatographic technique was used for further separation of americium from Ca. Significant decontamination factors were achieved in this three step separation process with respect to U, Fe, Na and Ca with ~77 % recovery of americium.     

Effects of Phenyl‐ and Methyl‐Substituents on p‐Phenylenediamine,an Electrochemical and Spectral Study

Two series of substituted p‐phenylenediamines have been studied for their electronic effects on redox potential and spectral properties. p‐Phenylenediamines and N,N,N′,N”‐tetramethyl‐p‐phenylenediamine substituted with different numbers of phenyl groups have been synthesized and their cyclic voltammograms have been obtained. The correlation between the substituent number and the redox potential appears linear. The slope reflects the additive effect of electron‐donating methyl and electron‐withdrawing phenyl groups. The absorption spectra of the cation radicals indicate that phenyl‐substituted ones have broad intervalence‐charge transfer bands. The p‐phenylenediamines exhibit different properties from triphenylamines in that the oxidized forms are more stable in CH₃CN then those in CH₂Cl₂. Some of the cation radicals or dications could undergo follow‐up chemical reactions and form products that are more easily oxidized.     

Electron transfer from α-aminoalkyl radicals to methyl viologen

The reactions of tert-butoxyl radicals with amines, leading to the formation of α-aminoalkyl radicals, and the reactions of these with the electron acceptor methyl viologen have been examined using laser flash photolysis techniques. For example, the radicals CH₃?HNEt₂ and HOCH₂?H N(CH₂CH₂OH)₂ react with methyl viologen with rate constants equal to (1.3 ± 0.1) × 10⁹ and (2.1 ± 0.4) × 10⁹M^?1 · s^?1, respectively, in wet acetonitrile at 300 K.     

Beta-elimination in the reactions of .CR1R2CR3R4X radicals with metal powders immersed in aqueous solutions

The reactions of several radicals of the type .CR1R2CR3R4X (where X = OH or NH3+) with metal powders that have been immersed in aqueous solutions were studied. The radicals were formed by radiation chemical techniques. One of the products in all these reactions is the corresponding alkene, R1R2C=CR3R4. The results are in accord with a mechanism in which the radicals react with the metals that are forming transients with metal-carbon sigma bonds. The latter transients decompose via two competing reactions: (a) heterolysis of the metal-carbon sigma bond and (b) beta-elimination of X-. Moreover, the dehalogenation of BrCH2CH2NH3+ and ClCH2(CH3)2COH by metal powders was studied. Also in these reactions, the corresponding alkene is one of the products. This result is consistent with the suggestion that, in the dehalogenation reaction, an alkyl radical is formed in the first step. This radical then reacts with the metal. Alternatively, the transients with metal-carbon sigma bonds in the dehalogenation processes might be formed via a concerted mechanism.     

Combination and disproportionation reactions of allylic radicals with ethyl,propyl, and t-Butyl Radicals

1-Methylallyl, 1,1-dimethylallyl, 1,2-dimethylallyl, 1,3-dimethylallyl, 1,1,2-trimethylallyl, and 1-ethylallyl radicals have been generated in the gas phase at 20 ± 1°C by addition of H atoms, formed by Hg(6³P₁) photosensitization of H₂, to appropriate dienes. Their combination reactions with ethyl radicals have been studied and the relative reactivities of the reaction centers in each allylic radical determined. Similar measurements have been made for some combination reactions of n-propyl, i-propyl, and t-butyl with 1-methylallyl and 1,1,2-trimethylallyl radicals. The more substituted reaction centers are found to be the less reactive. In addition the self-combination and disproportionation of 1-methylallyl radicals has been investigated, as has cross disproportionation of each allylic radical with ethyl. The results establish a general pattern of reactivity for these radicals, which is interpreted primarily in terms of the effects of steric interaction during reaction.     

Titanocene‐Mediated Homolytic Opening of Epoxysilanes

The titanocene(III) chloride mediated opening of silyloxiranes has been examined. Electron transfer from the metal leads to α‐silyl radicals with total regiocontrol. The radicals could be trapped by various olefins, and the corresponding adducts were obtained in good yields (Table). Further substitution of the oxirane by alkyl groups proved detrimental to the reactions, but ring opening remained essentially regioselective.     

Computational studies on the reactions of 3‐butenyl and 3‐butenylperoxy radicals

The reactions of 3‐butenyl (^?CH₂CH₂CH?CH₂) radicals—unimolecular decomposition, isomerization, as well as reaction with O₂—and the subsequent unimolecular rearrangement reactions of the 3‐butenylperoxy radicals have been investigated and are compared to the analogous reactions of butyl (^?CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃) and butylperoxy radicals using transition‐state theory based on the quantum chemical calculations at the CBS‐QB3 level. For alkyl‐analogue processes, the reactions of 3‐butenyl and 3‐butenylperoxy radicals can be well characterized by the decreased and increased bond dissociation energies at the allylic and vinylic sites, respectively. The intramolecular addition reactions of the radical center atoms to the double bonds were found to be important non‐alkyl‐analogue reactions of 3‐butenyl and 3‐butenylperoxy radicals. As a consequence, the thermal decomposition of 3‐butenyl radicals was found to be slower than that of butyl radicals by one order of magnitude at temperature near 1000 K. Intramolecular addition reactions are suggested to be the predominant unimolecular rearrangement processes of 3‐butenylperoxy radicals over the entire temperature range investigated (500–1200 K). The intramolecular addition reactions of the alkenyl peroxy radicals, which have not been included in combustion kinetic models, and their implications for the autoignition of alkenes are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 273–288, 2010     

Dérivés de désoxy-hydroxylamino-sucres et radicaux libres diglycosylnitroxydes correspondants. Communication préliminaire

Deoxy-hydroxylamino-sugar Derivatives and Corresponding Diglycosylnitroxides Radicals A number of sugar aldonitrones, including C,N-diglycosylnitrones, and ketonitrones have been treated with Grignard reagents or cyanide anion leading to the corresponding deoxy-hydroxylamino-sugars. On oxidation (air, H₅IO₆ or PbO₂), these compounds gave the corresponding nitroxide radicals whose ESR. spectra are reported. Analogues of disaccharides, in which the interglycosidic O-bridge is replaced by a hydroxyimino group, have been obtained by reacting a partially blocked sugar bearing a free hemiacetal group either with a deoxy-hydroxylaminosugar or with hydroxylamine, followed by reaction with an aldehydosugar and a reducing agent (NaBH₄). These reactions represents the key synthetic steps for the oligosaccharide-type synthesis of deoxy-hydroxyimino-oligosaccharides. Their oxidation yielded the corresponding nitroxide radicals whose ESR. spectra gave information on the conformation about the ‘interglycosidic’ bridge. This type of compounds should constitute useful spin markers for biological studies.     

Ion-molecule reactions of primary radical cations in the liquid-phase radiolysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-alkanes: An EPR study

Radiation-chemical yields the liquid-phase radiolysis of C₅–C₁₂ n-alkanes were measured using the spin trap technique. The yields of n-alkyl radicals depended only slightly on the chain length in C₅–C₉ alkanes and amounted up to 30% of the total yield of trapped radicals; they were inhibited by the addition of charge scavengers. An analysis of the experimental results together with data on radicals in irradiated crystalline alkanes and radical cations in freon matrices showed that n-alkyl radicals results from the ion-molecule reactions of primary radical cations, whereas the protonated ions RH₂⁺ as products of these reactions are a source of sec-alkyl radicals. At least 60% of primary radical cations are consumed via these reaction pathways. A part of sec-alkyl radicals is due to gauche-conformers. The relative amount of primary alkyl radicals formed in the degradation of excited states and the subsequent charge neutralization processes should be insignificant.Translated from Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2005, pp. 5–14.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Belevskii, Belopushkin.     

Spectroscopic properties of anion radicals studied using pulse radiolysis

The anion radicals of benzophenone, amino derivatives of benzophenone, fluorenone, furil and antharcene have been generated by pulse radiolysis in acetonitrile solution and their spectroscopic and kinetic properties have been characterized. The G-value for generation of anion radicals in acetonitrile has been measured to be 1.01 ± 0.1 per 100 eV. We have also investigated the electron-transfer reactions from anion radicals of one kind of solutes to the ground state of another solute. This study has demonstrated that pulse radiolysis can be a useful technique for generation and characterization of anion radicals and for studying electron-transfer reactions using acetonitrile as solvent.     

Redox reactions of 2-hydroxy pyridine: A pulse radiolysis study

Rate constants for reactions of 2-pyridinol with one electron reductants, such ase _aq ⁻ and H atoms and one-electron oxidants, viz. OH, N₃, Br ₂ ⁻ , C1 ₂ ⁻ and O⁻ have been determined at different pH values using the pulse radiolysis technique. From the corrected absorption spectra of the product transient species, the extinction coefficients of these species at their respective absorption maxima have been determined. The kinetics of decay of these transients have been investigated. ThepK _a values of transients formed bye _aq ⁻ and OH radical reactions have been estimated to be 7.6 and 3.5 respectively. Rate constants for electron transfer from semireduced 2-pyridinol to different electron acceptors have been determined.     

Free-radical generation mechanism and antimalarial activity of cyclohexyl endoperoxides

A kinetic analysis has been carried out for a cascade of intramolecular oxidation reactions of free radicals generated in the redox reactions of substituted cyclohexyl endoperoxides (15 compounds) with the Fe²⁺ ion. Each radical conversion reaction has been characterized by its enthalpy, activation energy, and rate constant. Kinetic characteristics have been calculated by the intersecting parabolas method. Depending on their structure, cyclohexyl endoperoxides generate one to three radicals. There is a linear empirical correlation between the number of radicals generated by a peroxide and its molar antimalarial activity (IC ₅₀/M, where M is the molar mass of the peroxide). The peroxides that generate no more than one radical show no antimalarial activity.     

On the reactions of methyl radicals with TiO2 nanoparticles and granular powders immersed in aqueous solutions

Methyl radicals react with TiO(2) nanoparticles (NPs) immersed in aqueous solutions to form transients in which the methyls are covalently bound to the particles. The rate constant for this reaction approaches the diffusion-controlled limit and increases somewhat with the number of methyls bound to the particle. The transients decompose to yield ethane. Thus, formally the particles "catalyse" the dimerization of the radicals, a reaction that is diffusion-controlled. Rutile powders behave similarly to the TiO(2) NPs whereas the mechanism for the decomposition of the transients formed in the analogous reaction of the radicals with anatase powders differs. These results are of importance as alkyl radicals are formed near the surface of TiO(2) in a variety of important photocatalytic processes. The results imply that the reactions of alkyl radicals with TiO(2) have to be considered in these processes.     

Redox reactions of basic fuchsin in homogeneous aqueous media

The pulse-radiolysis technique has been employed to understand the reaction mechanism and to characterize the transient species involved in the redox processes taking place in the radiation chemistry of basic fuchsin (BF⁺). One-electron reduction and oxidation reactions of BF⁺ have been carried out in homogeneous aqueous solutions employing various reducing (e _aq ^– , (CH₃)₂COH, CO ₂ ^– ) and oxidizing (N ₃, Br, Cl ₂ ^– Br ₂ ^– ) radicals. The absorption spectra of the transients formed in the above reactions have been attributed to semi-reduced and semi-oxidized species of BF⁺, respectively. The kinetic and spectroscopic properties of these transients have been evaluated. The reaction with H and OH radicals have also been performed and compared with those of specific one-electron reducing and oxidizing radicals. These reactions have been inferred predominantly by addition to BF⁺. Protolytic equilibria involving semi-reduced species of basic fuchsin have been studied over the pH range from 2 to 10 and the pK _a has been determined to be 3.9.