Absolute Rate Constants for the Addition of Cyanomethyl (·CH2CN) and (tert-Butoxy)carbonylmethyl (·CH2CO2C(CH3)3) radicals to alkenes in solution

Absolute rate constants and their temperature dependence were determined by time-resolved electron spin resonance for the addition of the radicals ·CH₂CN and ·CH₂CO₂C(CH₃)₃ to a variety of mono- and 1,1-disubstituted and to selected 1,2- and trisubstituted alkenes in acetonitrile solution. To alkenes CH₂?CXY, ·CH₂CN adds at the unsubstituted C-atom with rate constants ranging from 3.3·10³ M ^?1S ^?1 (ethene) to 2.4·10⁶ M ^?1S ^?1 (1,1-diphenylethene) at 278 K, and the frequency factors are in the narrow range of log (A/M ^?1S ^?1) = 8.7 ± 0.3. ·CH₂CO₂C(CH₃)₃ shows a very similar reactivity with rate constants at 296 K ranging from 1.1·10⁴ M ^?1S ^?1 (ethene) to 10⁷ M ^?1S ^?1 (1,1-diphenylethene) and frequency factors log (A/M ^?1S ^?1) = 8.4 ± 0.1. For both radicals, the rate constants and the activation energies for addition to CH₂?CXY correlate well with the overall reaction enthalpy. In contrast to the expectation of an electro- or ambiphilic behavior, polar alkene-substituent effects are not clearly expressed, but some deviations from the enthalpy correlations point to a weak electrophilicity of the radicals. The rate constants for the addition to 1,2- and to trisubstituted alkenes reveal additional steric substituent effects. Self-termination rate data for the title radicals and spectral properties of their adducts to the alkenes are also given.     

Rate constants for the gas-phase reaction of ozone with 1,2-disubstituted alkenes

The gas-phase reaction of ozone with eight 1,2-disubstituted alkenes has been investigated at ambient temperature (T = 286–296 K) and p = 1 atm. of air. The reaction rate constants, in units of 10⁻¹⁸ cm³ molecule⁻¹s⁻¹, are 144 ± 17 for cis-3-hexene, 157 ± 25 for trans-3-hexene, 89.8 ± 9.7 for cis-4-octene, 131 ± 15 for trans-4-octene, 114 ± 13 for cis-5-decene, ≥ 130 for trans-5-decene, 38.3 ± 5.0 for trans-2.5-dimethyl-3-hexene, and 40.3 ± 6.7 for trans-2.2-dimethyl-3-hexene. Substituent effects on alkene reactivity are examined. Cis-1,2-disubstituted alkenes are less reactive than the corresponding trans isomers. The 1,2-disubstituted alkenes that bear bulky substituents (substitution at the 3-carbon) are ca. 3 times less reactive than the corresponding n-alkyl substituted compounds. The atmospheric persistence of 1,2-disubstituted alkenes is briefly discussed. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Absolute Rate Constants for the Addition of Benzyl (PhĊH2) and Cumyl (PhĊMe2) Radicals to Alkenes in Solution

Absolute rate constants and their temperature dependence were determined by time-resolved electron spin resonance for the addition of the radicals Ph?H₂ and Ph?Me₂ to a variety of alkenes in toluene solution. To vinyl monomers CH₂=CXY, Ph?H₂ adds at the unsubstituted C-atom with rate constants ranging from 14 M ^?1S ^?1 (ethoxyethene) to 6.7 · 10³ M ^?1S ^?1 (4-vinylpyridine) at 296 K, and the frequency factors are in the narrow range of log (A/M ^?1S ^?1) = 8.6 ± 0.3, whereas the activation energy varies with the substituents from ca. 51 kJ/mol to ca. 26 kJ/mol. The rate constants and the activation energies increase both with increasing exothermicity of the reaction and with increasing electron affinity of the alkenes and are mainly controlled by the reaction enthalpy, but are markedly influenced also by nucleophilic polar effects for electron-deficient substrates. For 1,2-disubstituted and trisubstituted alkenes, the rate constants are affected by additional steric substituent effects. To acrylate and styrenes, Ph?Me₂ adds with rate constants similar to those of Ph?H₂, and the reactivity is controlled by the same factors. A comparison with relative-rate data shows that reaction enthalpy and polar effects also dominate the copolymerization behavior of the styrene propagation radical.     

Reactivity of radicals CCl3(CH2CHR)n (R=H,CH3, Cl; n=1, 2) in addition reactions with unsaturated compounds

Using EPR spectroscopy, the rate constants for the addition of radicals CC1₃(CH₂· CH₂)_n, (R¹ for n=1 and R² for n=2), CCl₃CH₂CHCH₃ (R³), and CCl₃CH₂CHCl (R⁴) to unsaturated compounds CH₂=CHX (X=C₆H₅, COOCH₃, CN) and CH₂=C(CH₃)Y (Y=C₆H₅, COOCH₃) at 22C have been determined. The radicals R¹ and R² exhibit ambiphilic, and R⁴ electrophilic character towards the selected unsaturated compounds. It has been shown that the presence of the CCl₃ group in the -position of the radical center has little effect on the reactivity of the radical. Replacement of a hydrogen on the -carbon in radical R¹ by a CH₃ group or chlorine atom leads to a considerable reduction in the rate of addition of the radicals to the unsaturated compounds examined.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 548–554, March, 1991.     

The rate constants for the addition of radicals CCl3CH2·CHR (R = Ph,CO2Me,CONC4H8) to some unsaturated compounds

The rate constants for the addition of radicals CCl₃CH₂ ^·CHR to unsaturated compounds CH₂=CHR (R = Ph, CO₂Me, CONC₄H₈) and to CH₂=CMeCO₂Me were determined at 22 °C by ESR spectroscopy.     

Stereochemical studies: XVII—the proton coupling constants and conformational equilibria of trans-1,2-disubstituted cyclohexenes

The vicinal ³J_aa and ³J_ee spin-spin coupling constants of a number of deuterated trans-1,2-disubstituted cyclohexenes and the ΔH and ΔS values of the conformational equilibria of these compounds have been determined by computer optimisation of the ³J(HH) = f(T) function. Compounds with —CF₃ and CCl₃ substituents were shown to have an enhanced proportion of the diaxial conformer.     

Kinetics and mechanism for the oxidation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane

The reaction mechanisms for oxidation of CH₃CCl₂ and CCl₃CH₂ radicals, formed in the atmospheric degradation of CH₃CCl₃ have been elucidated. The primary oxidation products from these radicals are CH₃CClO and CCl₃CHO, respectively. Absolute rate constants for the reaction of hydroxyl radicals with CH₃CCl₃ have been measured in 1 atm of Argon at 359, 376, and 402 K using pulse radiolysis combined with UV kinetic spectroscopy giving ??(OH + CH₃CCl₃) = (5.4 ± 3) 10^?12 exp(?3570 ± 890/RT) cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. A value of this rate constant of 1.3 × 10^?14 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1 at 298 K was calculated using this Arrhenius expression. A relative rate technique was utilized to provide rate data for the OH + CH₃ CCl₃ reaction as well as the reaction of OH with the primary oxidation products. Values of the relative rate constants at 298 K are: ??(OH + CH₃CCl₃) = (1.09 ± 0.35) × 10^?14, ??(OH + CH₃CClO) = (0.91 ± 0.32) × 10^?14, ??(OH + CCl₃CHO) = (178 ± 31) × 10^?14, ??(OH + CCl₂O) < 0.1 × 10^?14; all in units of cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. The effect of chlorine substitution on the reactivity of organic compounds towards OH radicals is discussed.     

Rate constants for reactions of perfluorobutylperoxyl radical with alkenes

Perfluorobutylperoxyl radicals were produced by radiolytic reduction of perfluorobutyl iodide in aerated methanol solutions. Rate constants for the reactions of this peroxyl radical with various organic compounds were determined by kinetic spectrophotometric pulse radiolysis. The rate constants for alkanes and alkenes were determined by competition kinetics using chlorpromazine as a reference. The results indicate that hydrogen abstraction from aliphatic compounds takes place with a rate constant that is too slow to measure in our system (<10⁵ M^?1 s^?1), and that abstraction of allylic and doubly allylic hydrogens is slow compared with addition. Addition to alkenes takes place with rate constants of the order of k = 10⁶ ? 10⁸ M^?1 s^?1. Good correlation was obtained between log k and the Taft substituent constants σ* for the various substituents on the double bond. Perfluorobutylperoxyl radical is found to be more reactive than trichloromethylperoxyl and other peroxyl radicals.     

Separation of polar and steric effects on absolute rate constants and arrhenius parameters for the reaction of tert-butyl radicals with alkenes

Absolute rate constants and their temperature dependencies were measured for the reaction of tert-butyl radicals with 24 substituted ethenes and several other compounds in 2-propanol solution by time-resolved electron spin resonance. At 300 K the rate constants cover the range from 60 M^?1 s^?1 (1,2-dimethylene) over 16,500 M^?1 s^?1 (vinyl-chloride) to 460,000 M^?1 s^?1 (2-vinylpyridine). For the mono- and 1,1-disubstituted ethenes log k₃₀₀ increases and the activation energy decreases with increasing electron affinity of the olefins. The frequency factors are in the range log A/M^?1 s^?1 = 7.5 ± 1.0 as typical for addition reactions, with minor exceptions. Electron affinity (polar) and steric effects on reactivity are separated for the addition of tert-butyl to chloro- and methyl-substituted ethylenes. A comparison with rate data for methyl, ethyl, 2-propyl, and other radicals indicates both polar and steric effects on radical substitution.     

ESR spectroscopic study on the addition of PhCONHCHCO2Me radicals to alkenes and spin traps

Using ESR spectroscopy, the rate constants for the addition of PhCONHCHCO₂Me radicals to alkenes CH₂=CXY (X = Me, Y = Ph; X = H, Y = Ph; X = Me, Y = CO₂Me; X = H, Y = CO₂Me; X = H, Y = CN) and nitrosodurene were determined at 22 °C. It is shown that a linear dependence exists between the donor-acceptor properties of the substituents at the vinyl group and the rate constants for the addition.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 2124–2126, August, 1996.     

Kinetics and rate constants for the reaction of tri-n-butylgermanium hydride with methyl iodide and carbon tetrachloride. The combination of methyl and trichloromethyl radicals in solution.

The kinetics of the photoinitiated reductions of methyl iodide and carbon tetrachloride by tri-n-butylgermanium hydride in cyclohexane at 25°C have been studied and absolute rate constants have been measured. Rate constants for the combination of CH₃? and CCl₃? radicals are equal within experimental error and are also equal to the values found for the self-reactions of most non-polymeric radicals in low viscosity solvents, i.e. ～1–3 × 10⁹ M^?1 sec^?1. Rate constants for hydrogen atom abstraction by CH₃? and CCl₃? radicals are both ～1?2 × 10⁵ M^?1 sec^?1. Tri-n-butyltin hydride is about 10–20 times as good a hydrogen donor to alkyl radicals as is tri-n-butylgermanium hydride. The strength of the germanium–hydrogen bond, D(n-Bu₃Ge–H) is estimated to be approximately 84 kcal/mole.     

1,2-Asymmetric induction in the addition of XCCl3 totrans-cynnamoyl-N-pyrrolidine

In the reaction of XCCl₃ (X = Br (1), Cl (2)) withtrans-PhCH=CHC(O)Y (Y =N-pyrrolidyl) (3) in the presence of Fe(CO)₅ as the catalyst (or benzoyl peroxide in the case of1) at 80°, the addition of CCl₃ radicals occurs regioselectively at the -carbon atom of3, and the transfer of X occurs stereoselectively to give only one diastereomer of adduct4 or5 due to 1,2-asymmetric induction. In the case of the addition of2 to olefin3, initiation by peroxide is inefficient.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1783–1785, October, 1994.This work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project 93-03-4497).     

Rates and mechanisms of oxidation of ZnTPP by CCI3O2 radicals in various solvents

Trichloromethylperoxyl radicals were produced by pulse radiolysis of air saturated solutions containing CCl₄. The rate constants for the reaction of CCl₃O₂ radicals with zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) were determined in various solvents. They were found to vary between 3 × 10⁷ and 3 × 10⁹ M^?1 s^?1. The changes in rate constants result from complexation of ZnTPP with the different solvents, but did not correspond to changes in redox potential of ZnTPP. The rate constants were found to depend on the strength of the axial complexation, indicating an inner sphere mechanism whereby the radical binds to the metal prior to electron transfer.     

Rate constants of O2(1Δg)

The rate constants of O₂(¹Δ_g) with aliphatic alcohols, terpenes, unsaturated hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, oxygen, and diamines have been studied in thepresence of NO₂. The rate constants for oxygen, 1,2-ethane diamine, and 1,2-propane diamine are (9.9 ± 0.4) × 10², (8.7 ± 0.7) × 10⁴, and (1.4 ± 0.3) × 10⁴ 1/mol/s, respectively. The rate constants for all other compounds are less than the oxygen rate constant.     

Rate constants for the gas-phase reaction of ozone with 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes

The gas-phase reaction of ozone with eight alkenes including six 1,1-disubstituted alkenes has been investigated at ambient T (285–298 K) and p = 1 atm. of air. The reaction rate constants are, in units of 10⁻¹⁸ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹, 9.50 ± 1.23 for 3-methyl-1-butane, 13.1. ± 1.8 for 2-methyl-1-pentene, 11.3 ± 3.2 for 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene (isoprene), 7.75 ± 1.08 for 2,3,3-trimethyl-1-butene, 3.02 ± 0.52 for 3-methyl-2-isopropyl-1-butene, 3.98 ± 0.43 for 3,4-diethyl-2-hexene, 1.39 ± 17 for 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene, and >370 for (cis + trans)-3,4-dimethyl-3-hexene. For isoprene, results from this study and earlier literature data are consistent with: k (cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹) = 5.59 (+ 3.51, &minus 2.16) × 10⁻¹⁵ e^{(−3606±279/RT)}, n = 28, and R = 0.930. The reactivity of the other alkenes, six of which have not been studied before, is discussed in terms of alkyl substituent inductive and steric effects. For alkenes (except 1,1-disubstituted alkenes) that bear H, CH₃, and C₂H₅ substituents, reactivity towards ozone is related to the alkene ionization potential: In k<(10⁻¹⁸ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹) = (32.89 ± 1.84) − (3.09 ± 0.20) IP (eV), n = 12, and R = 0.979. This relationship overpredicts the reactivity of C_≥3 1-alkenes, of 1,1-disubstituted alkenes, and of alkenes with bulky substituents, for which reactivity towards ozone is lower due to substituent steric effects. The atmospheric persistence of the alkenes studied is briefly discussed. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Kinetic Study of the CCl2 Radical Recombination Reaction by Laser‐Induced Fluorescence Technique

An experimental setup that coupled IR multiple‐photon dissociation (IRMPD) and laser‐induced fluorescence (LIF) techniques was implemented to study the kinetics of the recombination reaction of dichlorocarbene radicals, CCl₂, in an Ar bath. The CCl₂ radicals were generated by IRMPD of CDCl₃. The time dependence of the CCl₂ radicals’ concentration in the presence of Ar was determined by LIF. The experimental conditions achieved allowed us to associate the decrease in the concentration of radicals to the self‐recombination reaction to form C₂Cl₄. The rate constant for this reaction was determined in both the falloff and the high‐pressure regimes at room temperature. The values obtained were k₀ = (2.23 ± 0.89) × 10^?29 cm⁶ molecules^?2 s^?1 and k_∞ = (6.73 ± 0.23) × 10^?13 cm³ molecules^?1 s^?1, respectively.     

ESR spectroscopic investigation of steric and polar factors in the addition of radicals to unsaturated compounds

The rate constants of the addition of CCl₃CH₂ClCH₃(R⁶) radicals to -methyl-styrene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and acrylonitrile and of CCl₃CH₂(CH₃)₂(R⁷) radicals to styrene, methyl acrylate, and acrylonitrile were determined by ESR spectroscopy. It was shown that the radicals R⁶ and R⁷ possess approximately equal reactivity in addition to unsaturated compounds, despite the difference in the donor-acceptor properties of the substituents at the vinyl group. In a comparison of the reactivity of radicals R⁶ and R⁷ with the reactivity of radicals CCl₃CH₂H₂(R¹), CCl₃CH₂HCH₃(R³), CCl₃CH₂HCl(R⁴), and ClCH₂CH₂Cl₂(R⁵) [1] in addition reactions, it was shown that polar and steric effects of the substituents situated in the -position to the radical site of the above-mentioned radicals, as well as the donor-acceptor properties of the substituents at the vinyl group in the unsaturated compounds, lead to appreciable changes in reactivity.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 136–141, January, 1992.     

35Cl NQR study of CCl3 reorientations in the carbonyl-containing derivatives of 3,3,3-trichloropropene

Temperature dependences of³⁵Cl NQR frequencies and spin-lattice relaxation times were measured for the CCl₃ groups of compounds CCl₃CH=CHR and CCl₃CH=CR₂ with R=COCH₃ and COOCH₃. The activation energies of CCl₃ reorientations reflect the significant contribution of intermolecular steric interactions to the value of the potential barrier hindering these reorientations. In the CCl₃CH=CHCOCH₃ crystal, the reorientations of the CCl₃ group are hindered more than those of the molecule as a whole. Perm State University. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 54–60, March–April, 1994. Translated by L. Smolina     

Reactivity of certain hydrogen donors and olefins with respect to α,α-dichloroalkyl radicals

The rate constants of hydrogen splitting from hydrogen donors (DH) by the ClCH₂(CH₂)₃CCl₂ radicals (R¹) were determined by the method of competitive kinetics in the temperature range of 413–433 K. As a competing reaction with splitting of hydrogen from the DH, the isomerization of radicals R¹ into ClCH(CH₂)₃CCl₂H radicals with 1,5-migration of hydrogen was chosen, for which log k (sec^–1)=9.343 –10.56/2,303RT (kcal/mole) was calculated. It was found that the relative reactivities are similar of R¹ and (CH₃)₃CO radicals (R⁴) in splitting hydrogen from HD. This makes it possible to predict the values of analogous constants for radicals R¹ from known rate constants of splitting hydrogen from various DH by radicals R⁴. The rate constants of the addition of Cl(CH₂)₂Cl₂ radicals (R²) to amethylstyrene and methyl methacrylate were determined. Taking into account the data in [7], where the same constants were determined for styrene, methyl acrylate, acrylonitrile and vinyl methyl ketone, the existence of a linear dependence was shown of the logarithm of the rate constant of the addition of radicals R² to olefins on the polar properties of the above-enumerated olefins.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1811–1816, August, 1990.The authors wish to express their gratitude to T. T. Vasil'eva for providing the reference samples of 1,5,5-trichloropentane and 1,1,5,5-tetrachloropentane.