Estimation of dissociation energies of C—H bonds in oxygen-containing compounds from kinetic data for radical abstraction reactions

The C—H bond dissociation energies were calculated on the basis of the parabolic model from the rate constants of free radical reactions for more than 160 oxygen-containing compounds. The enthalpies of formation of free radicals formed from these compounds were calculated. The method was modified taking into account the influence of functional groups on the partial rate constant and for the case when the reference reaction in the reaction series belongs to another class of structurally similar reactions.     

The reactivity of ketyl and alkyl radicals in reactions with carbonyl compounds

A parabolic model of bimolecular radical reactions was used for analysis of the hydrogen transfer reactions of ketyl radicals: >C·OH+R¹COR²→>C=O+R¹R²C·OH. The parameters describing the reactivity of the reagents were calculated from the experimental data. The parameters that characterize the reactions of ketyl and alkyl radicals as hydrogen donors with olefins and with carbonyl compounds were obtained: >C·OH+R¹CH=CH₂→>C=O+R¹C·HCH₃; >R¹CH=CH₂+R²C·HCH₂R³→R²C·HCH₃+R²CH=CHR³. These parameters were used to calculate the activation energies of these transformations. The kinetic parameters of reactions of hydrogen abstraction by free radicals and molecules (adelhydes, ketones, and quinones) from the C−H and O−H bonds were compared. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2178–2184, November, 1998.     

Polar and solvation effects in reactions of oxygen atoms and hydroxyl and alkoxyl radicals with oxygen-containing compounds

Experimental data on the activation energies of reactions of H-abstraction from oxygencontaining compounds by oxygen atoms and hydroxyl and alkoxyl radicals in the gas and liquid phases have been analyzed by means of the parabolic model of the transition state. The contribution of polar interaction to the activation energies of the reactions has been calculated. The contribution of solvation to the activation energy has been calculated by comparison of the reaction parameters of the respective reaction in the liquid and gas phases.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 38–42, January, 1994.