Polymers having stable radicals. I. Synthesis of nitroxyl polymers from 4-methacryloyl derivatives of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine

Polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals, poly-4-methacryloylamino- and poly-4-methacryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyls, were synthesized from their precursor polymers by oxidizing them in a methanolic solution of hydrogen peroxide. The precursor polymers were prepared by radical polymerization of 4-methacryloyl-amino/oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines in various solvents. These polymerizations in acetic acid were found to yield polymers of high molecular weight. The copolymers of the precursor monomers with styrene and methyl methacrylate were also prepared as precursor copolymers. These precursor polymers of a piperidine type were converted to the polymers having stable nitroxyl free radicals by the hydrogen peroxide method. In this report, it was assumed that the post-oxidation reaction introduced a nitroxyl group smoothly and quantitatively at room temperature. Elucidations of the stable radical formation and the electron spin behavior of the stable radical polymers were made in terms of elemental analyses, infrared, ultraviolet, and ESR spectroscopy.     

Polymers having stable radicals. II. Synthesis of nitroxyl polymers from 4-methacryloyl derivatives of 1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine

Polymers having stable pendant . radicals were synthesized through their precursor polymers by oxidizing them in air or by H₂O₂–Na₂WO₄. Hydrochlorides and sulfates of 4-methacryloylamino- and 4-methacryloyloxy-1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines were synthesized as precursor monomers and polymerized by using α,α′-azobisisobutyronitrile under appropriate conditions to precursor polymers of high molecular weight: poly-4-methacryloylamino-/oxy-1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinehydrochlorides and sulfates. The precursor polymers were converted to polymers having nitroxyl stable radicals, i.e., poly-4-methacryloylamino-/oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyls, by oxidation in air or with H₂O₂–Na₂WO₄ without any main-chain scission. The structure of the resultant stable radical polymers was determined by infrared, ultraviolet, and ESR spectroscopy. Based on the results of spectroscopic analysis and Kjeldahl analysis, the transformation from precursors to nitroxyl stable radical polymers was found to be quantitative. Investigations on the applicability of polymeric nitroxyl radicals to oxidation-reduction reactions were attempted by means of polarography; the reduction half-wave potential was found to be ?1.16 V for the mercury pool.     

Electrochemical modeling of the reaction of 1-Chloro- and 1-Bromo-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine photolysis

Electrolysis of 1-Chloro- and 1-Bromo-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines yields free nitroxyl radical 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl. The reaction mechanism is suggested, which is based on the intermediate formation of aminyl radical. Concurrently with the nitroxyl radical formation, electrochemical chlorination of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine occurs. It is shown that the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine can be used as a mediator in the electrochemical oxidation of alcohols.     

Rate constants of the reaction between alkyl radicals and oxygen and stable nitroxyl radicals

Conclusions The rate constants of the reaction between the alkyl radicals of hydrocarbons (R^.) and of vinyl monomers (M^.) and O₂ and stable nitroxyl radicals were determined at 50C. The low-molecular-weight radicals react with O₂ (k₁) and the (k₃) more rapidly than the M^. do. For polar R^. and M^. k₁ and k₃ are close, and for the nonpolar ones k₁>k₃.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2446–2450, November, 1979.The authors express their appreciation to V. A. Golubev for submitting the nitroxyl radicals and A. P. Moravskii for help in running the experiment.     

Nitroxyl radical self assembled monolayers: Ion pairing investigation in organic and aqueous media

Self assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed from TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl) derivative thiols have been studied by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) in both aqueous and non-aqueous solvents. The in situ study of the mass transport occurring during the oxidation of TEMPO provides evidence of a ion pair formation without incorporation of solvent in densely packed nitroxyl radical SAMs. For SAMs having a low nitroxyl radical surface coverage, the effect of mixed SAMs is evidenced and seems to avoid the solvent incorporation.     

Reaction of Nitroxides with Sulfur Containing Compounds II [1]. Preparation of Nitroxides Bearing an Isothiocyanate Substituent in View of the Nitroxyl Group Reduction with Thiophosgene

 The reaction of thiophosgene with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (used as a model nitroxyl radical) was examined. 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-hydroxypiperidine were identified as products. The reaction is not competitive with the reaction of thiophosgene with an amino group. Thus, three nitroxides with an isothiocyanate group were synthesized from thiophosgene and the nitroxides containing the amino substituent.     

Interaction of chlorine dioxide with nitroxyl radicals

The formation of charge transfer complexes between chlorine dioxide and nitroxyl radicals (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 4-acetylamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-phenyl-3-imidazolin-1-oxyl, and bis(4-methoxyphenyl) nitroxide) in acetone, acetonitrile, n-heptane, diethyl ether, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, and dichloromethane was found by spectrophotometry at –60—+20 °C. The thermodynamic parameters of complex formation were determined. The radical structure affects its complex formation ability. The charge transfer complex is transformed into the corresponding oxoammonium salt.     

Solvent effects in square planar complexes: Kinetics of substitution at [1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3,5-diphenylformazanato]palladium(II) complexes

Summary A kinetic study is reported on the substitutions: FoPdX+YFoPdY+X (H₂Fo=l-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3,5-diphenylformazan) with X=NH₃ and py and Y = thiourea, tetramethylthiourea, triphenylphosphine and the thiocyanate ion, in seven nonaqueous pure solvents. Under pseudo first-order conditions a two-term rate-law is obeyed: k(obs)= k₁+k₂ [Y]. The results in terms of reactivity pattern and solvent effects on initial and transition states are very similar to the ones found for the analogous substitutions at platinum(II). The rate of solvolysis (k₁) is determined by the donor number of the solvent and is not related to the transfer free energy of solvation of the substrate. Nonspecific solvation effects dominate. The entropy of activation for the direct nucleophilic displacement, FoPdNH₃+Ph₃P, is found to lie between –110 and –20 JK^–1 mol^–1, indicating the associative character of the substitutions. The named reaction exhibits an isokinetic relationship in the various solvents. In spite of that, an initial state — transition state — final state comparison shows the position of the transition state on the reaction coordinate to be solvent dependent. The importance of charge transfer from the donor solvent to the metal ion in determining the Gibbs free energy of the transition state is emphasized.     

Effect of the solvent on reduction of azomethine dyes with ketyl radicals and recombination of ketyl radicals

The rate constants of transfer of a hydrogen atom from ketyl radicals to azomethine dyes (k_H) and the rate constants of recombination of ketyl radicals (2k_r) in different solvents were measured by the method of pulsed photolysis. The dependences of k_H and 2k_r on the polarity of the solvent are V-shaped: k_H and 2k_r are maximum in weakly solvating solvents and in water and are minimum in nucleophilic solvents of medium polarity. This is due to the fact that nucleophilic solvation decreases and electrophilic solvation increases the reactivity of the ketyl radicals.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1745–1749, August, 1989.     

Reactions of hydrazobenzene and tetranitromethane with nitroxyl radicals

The values of isotropic HFS constantsa _N were obtained for nitroxyl radicals (NR) of the piperidine series in hexane and water. The interrelation between rate constants for NR reduction and oxidation reactions, isotropic HFS constantsa _N, inductive constants of the piperidine substituents, and electrochemical characteristics of NR were found. The dependence of the rate constants for the reduction of NR by hydrazobenzene (HB) and its oxidation by tetranitromethane (TNM) upon the Hammett type inductive constants _EPR, obtained using HFS constantsa _N as the basis, was analyzed. The solvent effect on the reduction and oxidation reaction rate constants, the kinetic isotopic effect of the reduction reaction for a number of NR-HB systems, and alternative reaction mechanisms are considered.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1074–1079, June, 1993.     

Kinetics of recombination,dismutation, and disproportionation reactions involving neutral ketyl radicals and radical anions

The kinetics of fast elementary recombination of neutral ketyl radicals of benzophenone and its four derivatives (BPH?), the dismutation of benzophenone radical anions, the disproportionation between BPH? and stable nitroxyl radicals, ( ), and the electron transfer have been investigated in both individual solvents and binary mixtures of different viscosities. Reaction (1) for unsubstituted BPH in water, water glycerol, and n-hexane is controlled by diffusion with 2k₁ ? k_diff. In aliphatic alcohols and toluene, which form solvation complexes with BPH?, reaction (1) is diffusion-enhanced and activation-controlled, respectively, with 2k₁ < k_diff. In a viscous solvent such as 1-propanol–glycerol mixture (100 ? η ? 450 cP) reaction (1) is diffusion-controlled. Reaction (2) in alkaline 1-propanol and alkaline 1-propanol–glycerol mixture is activation controlled. The rates of reactions (3) and (4) for benzophenone radicals and nitroxyl radicals of the imidazoline series decrease as the viscosity of the water–glycerol and 1-propanol–glycerol mixtures is increased. The reactions are molecular mobility limited; nevertheless, the numerical values of k₃ (k₄) are 2–6 times as small as the corresponding k_diff values due to the low steric factor of the reactions (therefore called pseudodiffusion-controlled reactions). The theoretical estimates of k₃ (k₄) are in good agreement with the experimental results. The elimination of spin forbiddance in the process of radical recombination in viscous solvents is discussed.     

Reaction of Nitroxides with Sulfur Containing Compounds II [1]. Preparation of Nitroxides Bearing an Isothiocyanate Substituent in View of the Nitroxyl Group Reduction with Thiophosgene

Summary.  The reaction of thiophosgene with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (used as a model nitroxyl radical) was examined. 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-hydroxypiperidine were identified as products. The reaction is not competitive with the reaction of thiophosgene with an amino group. Thus, three nitroxides with an isothiocyanate group were synthesized from thiophosgene and the nitroxides containing the amino substituent. Corresponding author. E-mail: zakrzewski@ipo.waw.pl Received July 22, 2002; accepted (revised) September 3, 2002 Published online March 13, 2003     

Oxoammonium salt-mediated oxidative nitriles synthesis from aldehydes with ammonium acetate

An efficient and scalable route for the synthesis of nitriles was developed by oxoammonium salt (4-acetamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium tetrafluoroborate) mediated oxidative conversion of aldehydes with NH₄OAc. A variety of aliphatic aldehydes as well as benzaldehydes were converted into the corresponding nitriles in high yields. The nitroxyl radical which is the reduced species of the used oxoammonium salt was recovered by simple acid-base extraction for the recycling.     

A Tr Esr study of the quenching of photoexcited dioxouranium (VI) salts by stable nitroxyl free radicals

TR ESR spectroscopy was applied to the study of the quenching of excited dioxouranium (VI) (uranyl) nitrate and sulfate by stable nitroxyl radicals of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) family. Photoexcitation of uranyl in solutions of alcohols of moderate viscosity (η = 3-10 cP) in the presence of TEMPO leads to CIDEP signals of TEMPO due to a radical triplet pair mechanism (RTPM). Polarized nitroxyls were also observed in solutions of polyelectrolyte sodium poly(styrenesulfonate), NaPSS, in the presence of the nitroxyl with a positively charged trimethylammonium group. Photolysis of uranyl salts in solutions of alcohols leads to the generation of free radicals of alcohols. No CIDEP of these radicals was observed, distinguishing U₂ ^2+* from its organic analog, the triplet benzophenone. The probable reason for the lack of polarization in uranyl photoreduction reactions is the difficult access of free radicals to the U atom of the solvated radical UO₂₊ (V); this atom bears the unpaired electron. The role of polyelectrolytes in the enhancement of the quenching of excited states is discussed. Results are in agreement with the statement that photoexcited uranyl has a triplet multiplicity.     

Synthesis of 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine Derivatives

Diazotization of 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine in acetic or sulfuric acid affords 2,2,6,6- tetramethyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in high yield. Under the same conditions, the corresponding nitroxyl radical transforms into 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl.     

Study of the telomerization of ethylene and 1-hexene by butanal through comparative kinetics

The reaction of ethylene and 1-hexene with butanal was studied using tertiary butyl peroxide initiation at 140°C and a hydrostatic pressure in the range of 250–450 kg/cm². Based on calculated values of the rate constant ratios for the addition reaction of the n-C₃H₇O radical to ethylene (k₀ ^e) and 1-hexene (k₀ ^h), we obtained k₀ ^e/k₀ ^h=3.7 as the rate constant of the decarbonylation reaction of this radical (k_d). The partial chain transfer constants were calculated for the ethylene-butanal system as C_n: C₁=1.0±0.16; C₂=1.0±0.14; C₃=0.9±0.23. The results obtained indicate the nucleophilic character of the n-C₃H₇O radical in these reactions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1356–1360, June, 1990.     

Oxidation of benzyl alcohol with Fe(III) using polymers containing the nitroxyl radical structure as a mediator

Some polymers containing the nitroxyl radical structure were prepared and applied to the electron transfer agents from Fe(III) to benzyl alcohol. Benzyl alcohol was also oxidized by Fe(III) in two-phase or tri-phase systems using hydrophobic or hydrophilic polymers, which contain 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl moiety, as an electron transfer catalyst. Especially, the hydrophilic polymers accelerated the oxidation of benzyl alcohol.     

Solvent effect on reversible self-termination reactions of aromatic free radicals

Rates and thermodynamic data have been obtained for the reversible self-termination reaction: Involving aromatic 2-(4′dimethylaminophenyl)indandione-1,3-yl (I), 2-(4′diphenylaminophenyl)indandione-1,3-yl (II), and 2,6 di-tert-butyl-4-(β-phthalylvinyl)-phenoxyl (III) radicals in different solvents. The type of solvent does not tangibly affect the 2k₁ of Radical(I), obviously due to a compensation effect. The log(2k₁) versus solvent parameter E_T(30) curves for the recombination of radicals (II) and (III) have been found to be V shaped, the minimum corresponding to chloroform. The intensive solvation of Radical (II) by chloroform converts the initially diffusion-controlled recombination of the radical into an activated reaction. The log (2k_?1) of the dimer of Radical (I) has been found to be a linear function of the Kirkwood parameter (ε - 1)/(2ε + 1), the dissociation rate increasing with the dielectic constant of the solvent. The investigation revealed an isokinetic relationship for the decay of the dimer of Radical (I), an isokinetic temperature β = 408 K and isoequilibrium relationship for the reversible recombination of Radical (I) with β° = 651 K. For Radical (I) dimer decay In(2k_?1) = const + 0.8 In K, where K is the equilibrium constant of this reversible reaction. The transition state of Radical (I) dimer dissociation reaction looks more like a pair of radicals than the initial dimer. The role of specific solvation in radical self-termination reactions is discussed.     

Recombination of 1,1-dimethylpropyl peroxy radicals in polar solvents

The kinetics of 1,1-dimethylpropyl peroxy radicals recombination in polar solvents—water, methanol, and their mixtures—was studied by EPR spectroscopy in combination with the stopped-flow method, and the rate constants of this reaction were determined. Peroxyl radicals were generated by mixing solutions of Ce⁴⁺ sulfate and 1,1-dimethylpropyl hydroperoxide. The observed EPR signal of the peroxyl radical is a singlet with a g-factor of 2.015 ± 0.001, and a line width of ΔH = (1.36 ± 0.02) × 10^?3 T for methanol and ΔH = (9.7 ± 0.2) × 10^?4 T for water. The measured rate constants of (CH₃)₂C(O₂^·)CH₂CH₃ radical recombination at 298 K are 2k_t = (3.9 ± 0.4) × 10⁴ L mol^?1 s^?1 for water and 2k_t = (5.2 ± 0.5) × 10³ L mol^?1 s^?1 for methanol. A linear relationship between ln(2k_t) and the Kirkwood function (ε?1)/(2ε + 1), where e is the dielectric constant of the medium, has been established, indicating an important role of nonspecific solvation in the recombination of tertiary peroxyl radicals.     

Rate constants for the reaction of tert-butyl radicals with chloroform in solution

The decay of photochemically generated tert-butyl radicals in methylcyclopentane solutions containing chloroform is studied by time-resolved ESR spectroscopy. In the pure solvent it perfectly follows the second-order rate law for radical self-termination. Increasing chloroform concentrations cause increasing admixture of a pseudo-first-order decay from which the rate constant of the title reaction is obtained. For 273 K ≦ T ≦ 323 K, where θ = 2.303RT kcal/mol. CIDNP studies of the reaction mechanism and NMR product yields show H and Cl abstractions to occur with the temperature-independent ratio k_H/k_Cl = 1.4 ± 0.1. The results point to polar effects in the transfer reactions of tert-butyl. The potential of time-resolved ESR spectroscopy in studies of first- and pseudo-first-order reaction rates is discussed.