CIDNP as the proof of a radical mechanism of the reactions of Grignard reagents with diazonium salts

The PMR spectrum recorded during the reaction of tert-butylmagnesium chloride with p-chlorophenyl diazonium tetrafluoborate shows the CIDNP effect in the spectra of the the reaction products. Enhanced absorption and emission (the multiplet effect) has been observed for the protons of the vinyl group of isobutylene and the methyl protons of isobutane. The reaction of these diazonium salts with benzylmagnesium chloride results in only one polarised product, chlorobenzene. Such a polarisation proves the radical mechanism of the reaction which started with one-electron transfer from the Grignard reagent to the diazonium salt.     

Synthesis of graft copolymers by combination of radical photopolymerization and iniferter process

Various PS‐based graft copolymers including polystyrene‐graft‐poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(styrene‐graft‐poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) are prepared via subsequent visible light radical photopolymerization and iniferter processes. Thus, poly(styrene‐co‐4‐chloromethylstyrene) P(S‐co‐VBC) is synthesized by light induced free‐radical polymerization. Then, chloride moieties are substituted with triphenylmethyl (trityl) groups to give trityl‐substituted PS (PS‐trityl) under visible light irradiation using dimanganese decacarbonyl (Mn₂(CO)₁₀) photochemistry. Side chains are then grafted from PS‐trityl backbone via iniferter process to give desired graft copolymers in a controlled manner. The precursor intermediates and the final graft copolymers are analyzed by ¹H NMR, FT‐IR, and GPC measurements. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 1344–1348     

Olefin Isomerization via Radical‐Ion Pairs in Triplet States Studied by Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (CIDNP)

Geometric isomerizations of olefins following photoinduced electron transfer (PET) are classified according to the relative energetic positions of the radical‐ion pairs and the reactant triplets. Each class exhibits characteristic CIDNP (chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization) effects, for which typical examples are presented. Time‐resolved CIDNP experiments on the system triphenylamine/fumarodinitrile (= (2E)‐but‐2‐enedinitrile), where formation of the olefin triplet is impossible, show that there is also no isomerization of the olefin radical anion. With triisopropylamine or fumarodinitrile as the reaction partner for 4,4′‐dimethoxystilbene (= 1,1′‐[(1E)‐ethane‐1,2‐diyl]bis[4‐methoxybenzene]), both oxidative and reductive quenching give almost mirror‐image CIDNP spectra because of the pairing theorem; reverse electron transfer of the triplet radical‐ion pairs populates the stilbene triplet only, which then isomerizes. With anethole (= 1‐methoxy‐4‐(prop‐1‐enyl)benzene; M), the competition between electron return of triplet pairs to give either M + ³X or ³M + X was studied by using a second isomerizable olefin (diethyl fumarate (= diethyl (2E)‐but‐2‐enedioate) or cinnamonitrile (= (2E)‐3‐phenylprop‐2‐enenitrile)) as the reaction partner X. Classes can be changed by employing PET sensitization. With ACN (anthracene‐9‐carbonitrile) as the sensitizer, anethole does not produce any directly observable polarizations, but a substitution of ACN^.? by the radical anion of 1,4‐benzoquinone (= cyclohexa‐2,5‐diene‐1,4‐dione) or fumarodinitrile within the lifetime of the spin‐correlated radical‐ion pairs leads to very strong CIDNP signals that reflect the effects of both pairs.     

The formation of Grignard compounds—II

Detailed investigations of CIDNP phenomena during Grignard formation reactions are reported. CIDNP was found in the main product RMgX, as well as in the byproducts R(H) and R(-H) and in one case in the starting halide, i-C₃H₇I. The radical pair$\text{R R}$is shown to be involved in the formation of the polarized products. Furthermore it is proposed that the first step in the reaction sequence is a one electron transfer from magnesium to the organic halide to form the radical anion R-X

which dissociates rapidly to furnish radical R.     

PHOTO-CIDNP STUDY OF PYRIMIDINE DIMER SPLITTING II: REACTIONS INVOLVING PYRIMIDINE RADICAL ANION INTERMEDIATES

A series of photo-CIDNP (chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization) experiments were performed on pyrimidine monomers and dimers, using the electron-donor Nα-acetyltryptophan (AcTrp) as a photosensitizer. The CIDNP spectra give evidence for the existence of both the dimer radical anion, which is formed by electron transfer from the excited AcTrp* to the dimer, and its dissociation product, the monomer radical anion. The AcTrp spectra are completely different from those obtained with an oxidizing sensitizer like anthraquinone-2-sulfonate, because of different unpaired electron spin density distributions in pyrimidine radical anion and cation. In the spectra of the anti (1,3-dimethyluracil) dimers, polarization is detected that originates from a spin-sorting process in the dimer radical pair, pointing to a relatively long lifetime of the dimer radical anions involved. Although the dimer radical anions of the 1,1′-trimethylene-bridged pyrimidines may have a relatively long lifetime as well, their protons have only very weak hyperfine interaction, which explains why no polarization originating from the dimer radical pair is detected. In the spectra of the bridged pyrimidines, polarized dimer protons are observed as a result of spin sorting in the monomer radical pair, from which it follows that the dissociation of dimer radical anion into monomer radical anion is reversible. A study of CIDNP intensities as a function of pH shows that a pH between 3 and 4 is optimal for observing monomer polarization that originates from spin-sorting in the monomer radical pair. At higher pH the geminate recombination polarization is partly cancelled by escape polarization arising in the same product.     

Measurement of rate processes of free radicals in homogeneous and micellar solutions by cidnp

CIDNP is used to study rate processes of free radicals in both homogeneous and micellar solution. An estimate of the lifetime of the phenyl-acetyl radical at ambient temperature (τ__co?10^?7 sec) produced during photolysis of dibenzyl ketone is made based on quantitative CIDNP measurements and computer simulations. Observation of CIDNP in micellar solution is shown to be consistent with an isotropic medium which restricts diffusion on a short time scale, allowing for an increased tendency toward cage reaction. In the case of t-butyl/pivaloyl radical pairs, escape of the radical fragments from the micelle is shown to be competitive with decarbonylation of the pivaloyl radical Likewise, CIDNP is consistent with product yield results which show the enhanced tendency of triplet born benzyl radical pairs to undergo cage reaction when they are sequestered in a micelle.     

Reductive Chlorination and Bromination of Ketones via Trityl Hydrazones

A method is presented for the direct transformation of a ketone to the corresponding reduced alkyl chloride or bromide. The process involves the reaction of a ketone trityl hydrazone with tBuOCl to give a diazene which readily collapses to the α‐chlorocarbinyl radical, reduction of which by a hydrogen atom source gives the alkyl chloride product. The use of N‐bromosuccinimide provides the corresponding alkyl bromide. This unique transformation provides a reductive halogenation that complements Barton's redox‐neutral vinyl halide synthesis.     

CIDNP effects in various magnetic fields during the reaction of substituted benzyl chlorides with n-butyllithium

We detected and studied CIDNP effects in the reaction of substituted benzyl chlorides with n-butyllithium in hexane (Scheme 1) in various magnetic fields (from 0·5 Oe to about 25,000 Oe). The polarisation of ¹⁹F nuclei in the reaction of p-F-benzyl chloride in strong fields has been observed by Rakshys.¹ We succeeded, however, in finding the CIDNP effects for both ¹⁹F and ¹H in all the reactions investigated. The CIDNP effects observed offer a number of remarkable features; therefore, a detailed analysis of these effects can be useful for a better understanding of the nature of CIDNP.     

Proton chemical polarisation,autocatalysis and frontal kinetics of the oxidation of dialkylsulphides with nitric acid

The oxidation of dimethyl sulphide to dimethylsulphoxide with nitric acid displays CIDNP effects of protons and the phenomenon of frontal kinetics. The process is autocatalytic, with N₂O₄ as the catalyst and the primary oxidant of sulphide. In the presence of the inhibitor (methylmercaptan) the frontal reaction takes place: in purified samples—the usual volume reaction. The interaction of ethyl, n-propyl and n-butyl sulphides with NO₂ is accompanied by integral polarisation of the α-CH₂-protons. In all the cases sulphide is negatively polarised and sulphoxide positively polarised. The reaction mechanism proposed includes the formation of a radical pair during the interaction of sulphide with N₂O₄. Disproportionation of the radical pair leads to the formation of polarised sulphoxide and the decay results in re-generation of sulphide. The rate of oxidation of sulphide during the volume reaction is proportional to the product polarisation.     

Unusual Tritylation Reactions of Tricyclic Analogues of Acyclovir and an Attempt to Elucidate Their Mechanism

In reference to our earlier observation that the 3,9‐dihydro‐3‐[(2‐hydroxyethoxy)methyl]‐6‐methyl‐9‐oxo‐5H‐imidazo[1,2‐a]purine (6‐Me‐TACV) tricyclic antiviral agent derived from acyclovir undergoes unusual C‐tritylation to 7‐trityl and 7‐[4‐(benzhydryl)phenyl] derivatives enforced by a 6‐Me substituent, we studied tritylation of 6‐Ph ( 1a ) and 6‐(4‐MeOPh) ( 1b ) TACV derivatives. The treatment of 1a and 1b with TrCl in K₂CO₃/DMF resulted exclusively in the formation of 7‐[4‐(benzhydryl)phenyl] derivatives 2a , 2b , 3a , 3b , and 4a . Inhibition experiments with radical scavengers DNB and DBNO indicated a single‐electron‐transfer (SET) mechanism for this reaction. Analogous experiments with unsubstituted TACV and 6‐Me‐TACV suggest that the nature of the substituent at C(6) determines the reaction mechanism. The presence of a 6‐aryl substituent results in the exclusive formation of 4‐(benzhydryl)phenyl derivatives via a SET mechanism. On the contrary, when C(6) is unsubstituted, trityl derivatives are the only products of the S_n reaction. In the case of 6‐Me‐TACV, concomitant SET and S_n mechanisms direct the reaction towards 4‐(benzhydryl)phenyl and trityl products.     

The role of hydrogen atoms in CIDNP effects in the reaction of diisobutylaluminum hydride with CCl4

Integral polarization of chloroform, methylene dichloride, and pentachloroethane was observed in the¹H NMR spectra during the exothermal reaction of a 1M solution of Bu₂ ⁱ in 1,4-dioxane with CCI₄. CIDNP was shown to appear in the diffusion radical pair of the hydrogen atom and trichloromethyl radical. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2097–2099, October, 1998.     

Studies on the kinetics of decomposition of diacyl peroxides: VI. CIDNP in the products of thermolysis of lauroyl peroxide and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl peroxide

The ¹H NMR spectra recorded during the thermolysis of lauroyl peroxide and of 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl peroxide in ODCB containing 2-iodopropane show CIDNP multiplet effect. It was observed that the relative concentrations of 1-iodoundecane and 2-iodopropane, both polarized and normal species, changed with time. The relaxation time T₁ of the α-protons in 1-iodoundecane and vinyl protons of CH₂ in 1-undecene, enhancement factor of the protons of polarized species and the rate constant of decomposition for lauroyl peroxide have been determined. The mechanism of the decomposition of the entitled peroxides is discussed in terms of the radical pair theory.     

Photochemical α-Cleavage of β, γ-Unsaturated Aryl Ketones: Competition between recombination/disproportionation and dissociation in geminate singlet and triplet radical pairs

The photolysis of (R)-(+)-phenyl and (R)-(+)-p-anisyl 1, 2, 3-trimethylcyclopent-2-enyl ketone ( 1 , 2 ) and the corresponding rac-1- and 3-desmethyl analogs ( 3 , 4 ) led to isomerization due to formal 1, 3 aroyl migration and to formation of aryl aldehydes ( 7 , 8 ), dienes ( 9 , 10 ) and dimers ( 5 , 6 ) of the cyclopentenyl radical. Evidence obtained from a chiroptical and mass spectrometric analysis of a crossing experiment and from photolytic CIDNP measurements including the use of CCl₄ as a free radical scavenger, supports the conclusion (1): that the ketones undergo photochemical α-cleavage predominantly in the triplet state; (2): that recombination and disproportionation reactions within the geminate singlet and triplet aroyl/allyl radical pairs ( 11 ) compete with the dissociation into free radicals ( 12 ): (3): that ketone isomerization by paths not involving polarizable radical intermediates is unimportant; (4): that no triplet oxa-di-π-methane type rearrangement products are formed.     

Electron transfer between guanosine radical and amino acids in aqueous solution. 1. Reduction of guanosine radical by tyrosine

As a model of chemical DNA repair, the reductive electron transfer from the aromatic amino acid tyrosine to the radical of the purine base guanosine monophosphate (GMP) was studied by time-resolved chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP). The guanosyl radicals were photochemically generated in the quenching reaction of the triplet excited dye 2,2'-dipyridyl. Depending on the pH of the aqueous solution, four different guanosyl radicals were observed. The identification of the radicals was possible because of the high sensitivity of CIDNP to distinguish them through their ability or disability of participating in the degenerate electron hopping reaction with the diamagnetic molecules of guanosine monophosphate in the ground state. The CIDNP kinetics in this three-component system containing the dye, GMP, and N-acetyl tyrosine is strongly dependent on the efficiency of the electron-transfer reaction from tyrosine to the nucleotide radical. Quantitative analysis of the CIDNP kinetics obtained at different concentrations of the amino acid, together with the comparison with the CIDNP kinetics of the two-component systems (dipyridyl/tyrosine and dipyridyl/GMP) allowed for the determination of the rate constant ke of the reductive electron-transfer reaction for five pairs of reactants, with different protonation states depending on the pH: GH++*/TyrOH (pH 1.3), G+*/TyrOH (pH 2.9), G(-H)*/TyrOH (pH 7.5), G(-H)*/TyrO- (pH 11.3), and G(-2H)-*/TyrO- (pH 13.3). The rate constant ke varies from (7.1 +/- 3.0) x 10(8) M-1 s-1 (pH 1.3, 2.9) to less than 6 x 10(6) M-1 s-1 (pH 13.3).     

Reactions and polymerization of 1-trityl-4-vinylimidazole

1-Trityl-4-vinylimidazole was prepared by direct tritylation of 4(5)-vinylimidazole and polymerized using a free radical initiator. Poly(1-trityl-4-vinylimidazole) was hydrolyzed using aqueous acetic acid to give poly[4(5)-vinylimidazole]. The poly[4(5)-vinylimidazole], which was obtained from the hydrolysis of poly(1-trityl-4-vinylimidazole), was compared with poly[4(5)-vinylimidazole] prepared directly from 4(5)-vinylimidazole for differences in stereochemistry. The stereochemistry of both polymers was found to be similar by high-resolution NMR. Thus, the trityl does not influence the stereochemistry of poly[4(5)-vinylimidazole]. The reaction of 1-trityl-4-vinylimidazole with n-butyllithium gave 2-lithio-1-trityl-4-vinylimidazole. This intermediate was used to prepare 2-substituted 4(5)-vinylimidazoles, which are new monomers that can be polymerized using free radical initiators.     

Chemically induced dynamic nuclei polarization and free radicals in the reaction of triethylaluminum with nitrobenzene

The reaction of triethylaluminum with nitrobenzene in hydrocarbon solvents was studied by GC-MS and CIDNP techniques. Radical intermediates participating in a complex process of reduction and alkylation of nitrobenzene were observed in the reaction products (nitrobenzene radical anion, ethyl radical, and nitroxyl radical), and routes of their formation and decay were discussed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1979–1982, October, 1998.     

Regiochemistry of the photostimulated reaction of the phthalimide anion with 1-iodoadamantane and tert-butylmercury chloride by the S(RN)1 mechanism

The photostimulated reaction of the phthalimide anion (1) with 1-iodoadamantane (2) gave 3-(1-adamantyl) phthalimide (3) (12%) and 4-(1-adamantyl) phthalimide (4) (45%), together with the reduction product adamantane (AdH) (21%). The lack of reaction in the dark and inhibition of the photoinduced reaction by p-dinitrobenzene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene, and di-tert-butylnitroxide indicated that 1 reacts with 2 by an S(RN)1 mechanism. Formation of products 3 and 4 occurs with distonic radical anions as intermediates. The photoinduced reaction of anion 1 with tert-butylmercury chloride (10) affords 4-tert-butylphthalimide (11) as a unique product. By competition experiments toward 1, 1-iodoadamantane was found to be ca. 10 times more reactive than tert-butylmercury chloride.     

Reactions of 2-chloro-2-(4-pyridyl)propane with nucleophiles. Substitution on tertiary carbon

The reaction of 2-chloro-2-(4-pyridyl)propane ( 2 ) with lithium 2-propanenitronate affords the C-alkylation product 2-nitro-3-(4-pyridyl)-2,3-dimethylbutane ( 3 ), the Michael-adduct 2-nitro-2-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)pentane ( 4 ), 4-isopropenylpyridine ( 5 ) and 2-(4-pyridyl)-2-propanol ( 6 ). Of these four products, only the formation of 3 is suppressed when the reaction is performed in the presence of radical inhibitors. The reaction of compound 2 with sodium azide gives the tertiary substitution product 2-azido-2-(4-pyridyl)propane ( 8 ). The reaction is not influenced by radical inhibitors. This is also the case in the reaction of 2 with sodium benzenethiolate, which affords 2-mercaptophenyl-2-(4-pyridyl)propane ( 9 ) and 1-mercaptophenyl-2-(4-pyridyl)propane ( 10 ). Compound 5 , the product of an E₂-type elimination is also formed in the azide and thiolate reactions. A Michael type addition of sodium benzenethiolate to 5 explains the formation of 10 . Similarly, generation of 5 in reactions of 2 with sodium methanethiolate and sodium cyanide accounts for the formation of 1-mercaptomethyl-2-(4-pyridyl)propane ( 11 ) and 3-(4-pridyl)butanenitrile ( 12 ), respectively.     

Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization and reaction of Et3Al with CCl4 catalyzed by Ni(acac)2

The influence of Ni(acac)₂ added in catalytic amounts on the chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) effects, the mechanism of interaction, and the products of reaction between Et₃Al and CCl₄ were studied. The radical intermediates were identified and the routes for their transformations were proposed. The thermal reaction of Et₃Al with CCl₄ occurs by a radical mechanism. However, in the presence of Ni(acac)₂, the reaction proceeds mainlyvia a nonradical route and gives large amounts of ethylene and ethane. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1580–1583, August, 1998.     

On the interaction of triphenylmethyl salts with α-methylstyrene

The interaction of triphenylmethyl salts with α-methylstyrene and 1,1-diphenylethylene was investigated. With 1,1-diphenylethylene at a monomer-initiator ratio of 2 (room temperature), mainly 1,1,3-triphenyl-3-methyl-indane was isolated, whereas at a ratio of 100 (?10°C), the dimer 1,1,3,3-tetraphenylbutene-1 mainly formed. In both cases no addition of the trityl group was registered. In the interaction of α-methylstyrene with Ph₃C⁺SbCl at a monomer-initiator ratio of 2(room temperature) a pure 1,3,3-trimethyl-1-phenylindane was isolated and no addition of the trityl group to the double bond was recorded. The initiation reaction of α-methylstyrene polymerization by trityl and chlorinated trityl salts was studied at temperatures from ?20 to 0°C and different concentrations. The oligomers obtained with (pCI-C₆H₄)₃C⁺ were investigated by elemental analysis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The presence of Ph₃CH in the reaction mixture was demonstrated by GLC and NMR spectra. The results obtained give evidence that the initiation of α-methylstyrene polymerization involves hydride abstraction from the monomer.