Self- and cross-disproportionation-to-combination rations for cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl radicals and their deuterated analogues

Hydrogen, cycloalkene, and bicycloalkyl were found to be the principal products which account for ≈?97% of all products formed in the gas-phase radiolysis of water vapor containing low concentrations of cycloalkanes. From the ratios of cycloalkene-to-bicycloalkyl yields extrapolated to the zero dose, the self- and cross-disproportionation-to-recombination rate constant ratios Δ = k_d/k_c were determined for the following 12 reactions: Δ(c-C₅H₉, c-C₅H₉) = 0.73; Δ(c-C₅D₉, c-C₅D₉) = 0.58; Δ(c-C₆H₁₁, cC₆H₁₁) = 0.59; Δ(c-C₆D₁₁, c-C₆D₁₁) = 0.46; Δ(c-C₅H₉, c-C₆H₁₁) = 0.28; Δ(c-C₅D₉, c-C₆H₁₁) = 0.28; Δ(c-C₅H₉, c-C₆D₁₁) = 0.24; Δ(c-C₅D₉, c-C₆D₁₁) = 0.24; Δ(c-C₆H₁₁, c-C₅H₉) = 0.33; Δ(c-C₆H₁₁, c-C₅D₉) = 0.25; Δ(c-C₆D₁₁, c-C₅H₉) = 0.35; and Δ(c-C₆D₁₁, c-C₅D₉) = 0.28, where in the case of the cross-disproportionation the symbol Δ(R₁,R₂) is used to represent k_d/k_c for the disproportionation in which radical R₁ captures a hydrogen (deuterium) atom from radial R₂. The geometrical mean rule holds in the cross-combination reactions of cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl radicals. The kinetic isotope effect in the disproportionation reaction was determined as 1.24 ± 0.06.     

Kinetics and anomalous temperature dependence of the kinetic isotope effect of reactions of cycloalkanes C5H10, C6H12 and C6D12 with OH radicals in aqueous solutions

The temperature effect of the c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₆D₁₂ kinetic isotope effect (KIE) and the rate constant ratio c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₅D₁₀ (k₆/k₅) in the reactions of cycloalkanes with OH radicals in aqueous solution and in the gas phase has opposite signs. Values for the KIE and k₆/k₅ decrease with increasing temperature from 5 to 55 °C in the gas phase, while these values increase in solution. We propose that this phenomenon is a consequence of a solvent cage effect. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 35–39, January–February, 2008.     

Free-radical chain dechlorination of chloroethanes in liquid triethylsilane

The kinetics and mechanism of the free-radical chain dechlorination of C₂Cl₆, C₂Cl₅H, and sym-C₂Cl₄H₂ in Et₃SiH wereinvestigated over a wide temperature range. The propagation step of the dechlorination of chloroethanes (C₂Cl_x H_6?x) proceeds by the following reactions: Analysis of the temperature dependence of product formation gave the Arrhenius expressions for k₄/k₃ which in turn were utilized for the estimation of the absolute Arrhenius parameters for hydrogen abstraction from Et₃SiH. Our results show that the values of E_abs are lower in Et₃SiH than in c-C₆H₁₂ by about 2–3 kcal/mol, while the A factors are almost equal. In competitive studies k₂ was determined versus Br abstraction from n-C₅H₁₁Br. The relative Arrhenius parameters determined by this method show that variations in both A factors and activationenergies are responsible for the reactivity trends observed in the Cl transfer reactions of Et₃Si radicals.     

Temperature Dependences of the Kinetic Isotope Effect and the Ratio of the Reaction Rates for Reaction of Cyclopentane and Cyclohexane with HOCl in Water

We have determined the activation parameters logA and E for the Arrhenius equations for the kinetic isotope effect (c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₆D₁₂) and the 5/6 effect (c-C₅H₁₀/c-C₆H₁₂) in reactions of the C—H bonds of cycloalkanes with HOCl in aqueous solutions in the interval 30-90 °C. The data obtained are consistent with a chlorination mechanism including a pre-activation step with formation of an HO^· ... Cl^· pair, linear abstraction of the H atom by the OH group and angular attack by the Cl atom "at a distance" on the carbon atom.     

The Kinetics of alkyl radical reactions with aliphatic alcohol glasses as studied by electron spin resonance

Methyl radical reactions with matrix molecules in glasses C₂H₅OH, (CH₂OH)₂, n- and i-C₃H₇OH, n- and i-C₄H₉OH, n- and i-C₅H₁₁OH, C₂D₅OH, and i-C₃D₇OD, and the reactions of ?₂H₅, ?₃H₇, ?₄H₉, ?₅H₁₁ with methanol glasses have been studied. Alkyl radicals were produced by photolysis of diphenylamine–alkylhalide–alcohol mixtures using ultraviolet light. In all cases the alkyl radical decay follows the law c = c₀ exp(-k √t). The √t law should not be associated with alkyl radical diffusion in a matrix. A method of processing the kinetics of those reactions in which one paramagnetic species changes into another with the total concentration being constant and the electron spin resonance spectra of both species overlapping, is described.     

Temperature Dependence of the Ratios of C—H (C—D) Bond Breaking Rates in Reactions of Cycloalkanes C5H10, C6H12, C6D12 with Adamantyl Carbocations in Sulfuric Acid

We have determined the differences in the parameters log A and E of the Arrhenius equations for the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) (c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₆D₁₂) and the 5/6 effect (c-C₅H₁₀/c-C₆H₁₂) in reactions of the C—H bonds of cycloalkanes with adamantyl (Ad⁺) carbocations (1-adamantanol in 92.8% H₂SO₄, 40-97 °C). We have established the compensation relations between log A and E for the kinetic isotope effect and the 5/6 effect for anthracene (AH⁺), hydroxymethyl (CH₂OH⁺), Ad⁺ carbocations and the hypothetical "infinitely strong reagent," supporting a hydride transfer mechanism in such reactions.     

Evaluated and estimated kinetic data for phase reactions of the hydroperoxyl radical

Methods are discussed for the production and detection of the hydroperoxyl radical for use in gas phase kinetic studies. Rate constants for gas phase reactions of the hydroperoxyl radical with itself, H₂, H₂O, CO, NO, SO₂, O₃, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, i-and n-C₄H₁₀, C₂H₄, i-C₄H₈, HCHO, C₂H₅CHO, n-C₃H₇CHO, Br, O, OH, and H are critically evaluated. Recommended or estimated rate constant expressions with associated error limits are given applicable over specified temperature ranges (normally 300–1000°K). The reactivity of HO₂ compared with OH, O, H, F, Cl, Br, CH₃, and CH₃O is presented in tabular form and the implications for atmospheric chemistry are discussed.     

Reactions of metallocenes during intercalation into the layered TiSe2 lattice

The intercalation of metallocenes (Cp₂Co, Cp₂Fe, and Cp₂Ni, where Cp is η⁵-C₅H₅) from the gas phase into the TiSe₂ lattice and of cobaltocene from solutions in acetonitrile, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform into TiSe₂ was studied. The insertion of metallocenes from the gas phase into the TiSe₂ lattice gives rise to the TiSe₂(Cp₂M)_0.3 compounds (M = Co or Fe) having the same stoichiometry. The reactions with the use of acetonitrile as the solvent for metallocenes, which facilitates the insertion, afford not only the intercalation complex but also the reaction product of metallocene and acetonitrile, viz., (η ⁵-C₅H₅)Co(η⁴-C₅H₅CH₂CN) (1). In the reactions of cobaltocene with chloroform or carbon tetrachloride in the presence of titanium diselenide, only the addition product, viz., (η ⁵-C₅H₅)Co(η₄-C₅H₅CCl₃) (2), was isolated. The structures of complexes 1 and 2 were studied by X-ray diffraction. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 876–880, May, 2007.     

Kinetics of oxidation of alkanes and their derivatives byn-decanepersulfonic acid

The kinetics of interaction ofn-decanepersulfonic acid with linear, branched, and substituted hydrocarbons was studied. The oxidation ofcyclo-C₆H₁₂/C₆D₁₂ occurs with a moderate kinetic isotope effect,k ^H/k ^D=2.2±0.3. A satisfactory correlation between the partial rate constants and the structure of hydrocarbons in terms of the Okamoto-Brown equation was found. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 822–825, May, 2000.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of impurities of organic and chlorinated organic compounds and carbon monoxide and dioxide in high-purity hydrogen chloride

A gas-chromatographic procedure was developed for determining impurities (CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, C₅H₁₂, iso-C₅H₁₂, neo-C₅H₁₂, CH₃Cl, C₂H₅Cl, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₃, CO, and CO₂) in hydrogen chloride using two columns and a column switching technique in an isothermal mode with a flame ionization detector; the detection limits were 0.01–0.1 ppm. The matrix was separated in a precolumn packed with urea. CO and CO₂ were determined by reaction gas chromatography with their conversion into methane.     

Hydrogen fluoride vibrational energy distributions for the reactions of fluorine atoms with cyclanes

The hydrogen fluoride infrared chemiluminescence produced by the reactions of fluorine atoms with cyclopropane, cyclopentane, and cyclohexane have been studied. The emission data were used to determine the vibrational energy distributions for the abstraction of hydrogen from the secondary carbon–hydrogen bonds of these small cyclic hydrocarbons. The fraction of reaction exothermicity going into vibrational excitation of hydrogen fluoride was as follows: c-C₃H₆, 45%; c-C₅H₁₀, 53%; c-C₆H₁₂, 49%. The slightly lower fraction for the cyclopropane system may indicate that its radical reorganization energy is not completely available for excitation of product HF.     

Structure and properties of 1,2-, 1,7-, and 1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaboranes(12): A quantum chemical study

The molecular and electronic structures and thermodynamic parameters of 1,2-, 1,7-, and 1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) molecules in the singlet ground state were calculated by the Hartree-Fock, DFT, and MP2 (including B3LYP/6-311G(2d,2p) and MP2/6-311+G(d,2p) methods). The energies and character of spatial localization of the frontier MOs in o-, m-, p-carboranes(12) correlate with the changes in the configuration stabilities and reactivities in the reactions of carboranes with electrophilic and nucleophilic agents and bases. The electrostatic potential distributions in the molecules and the atomic charge distribution of hydrogen atoms correlate with the known chemical properties of carboranes(12). The thermodynamic parameters of two isomerization reactions, o-C₂B₁₀H₁₂ ⇌ m-C₂B₁₀H₁₂ and m-C₂B₁₀H₁₂ ⇌ p-C₂B₁₀H₁₂, calculated for the temperature range 298–1000 K agree with experimental data within the limits of measuring error. The values of the electron density and the Laplacian of the electron density at the (3, −1) critical points of the B-H and C-H bonds correlate with the reactivities of the title compounds. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2074–2080, December, 2006.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the reactions of C6H12, C5H10 and C6D12 cycloalkanes with peroxynitrous acid in aqueous solution and the gas phase

The c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₆D₁₂ kinetic isotope effect (KIE), the k₆/k₅ rate constant ratio (c-C₆H₁₂/c-C₅H₁₀), and the temperature dependence of these ratios in the gas-phase reactions of cycloalkanes with peroxynitrous acid and OH radicals are identical. The same result was obtained for the reactions in aqueous solution. These data are in accord with the conclusion that OH^· radicals formed in the homolysis of the HO-ONO bond are the active species in the reactions of HOONO with hydrocarbons in aqueous solution and in the gas phase. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 105–110, March–April, 2008.     

The thermodynamic characteristics of ferrocene alkyl and acyl derivatives

The heat capacity of iso-butylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-C₄H₉-i was measured over the temperature range 7–372 K in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter. Substance purity and the thermodynamic characteristics of fusion (temperature, enthalpy, and entropy) were determined. Saturated vapor pressures and the enthalpies of vaporization of n-propylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-C₃H₇-n, propionylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-COC₂H₅, and iso-butylferrocene were measured by the dynamic method of substance transfer in an inert gas flow. The entropy, enthalpy, and Gibbs energy of the substances in the ideal gas state at 298.15 K were calculated. The thermodynamic values obtained in this work and reported in the literature for ferrocene alkyl and acyl derivatives were critically analyzed. The mutual consistency of the data on both homologous series was checked.     

Temperature-dependent kinetics studies of the reactions of C2H5O2 and n-C3H7O2 radicals with NO

The rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of C₂H₅O₂ and n-C₃H₇O₂ radicals with NO have been measured over the temperature range of (201–403) K using chemical ionization mass spectrometric detection of the peroxy radical. The alkyl peroxy radicals were generated by reacting alkyl radicals with O₂, where the alkyl radicals were produced through the pyrolysis of a larger alkyl nitrite. In some cases C₂H₅ radicals were generated through the dissociation of iodoethane in a low-power radio frequency discharge. The discharge source was also tested for the i-C₃H₇O₂ + NO reaction, yielding k_{298 K} = (9.1 ± 1.5) × 10⁻¹² cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹, in excellent agreement with our previous determination. The temperature dependent rate coefficients were found to be k(T) = (2.6 ± 0.4) × 10⁻¹² exp{(380 ± 70)/T} cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ and k(T) = (2.9 ± 0.5) × 10⁻¹² exp{(350 ± 60)/T} cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ for the reactions of C₂H₅O₂ and n-C₃H₇O₂ radicals with NO, respectively. The rate coefficients at 298 K derived from these Arrhenius expressions are k = (9.3 ± 1.6) × 10⁻¹² cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ for C₂H₅O₂ radicals and k = (9.4 ± 1.6) × 10⁻¹² cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ for n-C₃H₇O₂ radicals. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The use of transition-state theory to extrapolate rate coefficients for reactions of oh with alkanes

A method is described for extrapolating existing experimental data on the reactions of OH radicals with alkanes to higher temperatures using conventional transition-state theory. Expressions are developed for the estimation of the structural properties of the activated complex necessary for calculating ΔS^± and ΔH^±. The vibrational frequencies and internal rotations of the activated complex are given by those of the reacting alkane or the analogous alcohol and a set of additional internal modes that is the same for all OH + alkane reactions considered. Differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary hydrogen attack are discussed, and the validity of representing the activated complexes of all OH + alkane reactions by a fixed set of vibrational frequencies and other internal modes is evaluated. Calculations are presented for the reaction of OH with CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, n-C₄H₁₀, i-C₄H₁₀, c-C₄H₈, c-C₅H₁₀, c-C₆H₁₂, (CH₃)₂CHCH(CH₃)₂, (CH₃)₃CCH(CH₃)₂, (CH₃)₄C, and (CH₃)₃CC(CH₃)₃, and the results are compared with experiments.     

Influence of pyridine oximate and quaternized pyridinium oximate ions on the hydrolysis of phosphate esters in cationic microemulsions

Kinetic studies have been performed to understand the hydrolytic potencies of oximate (2- and 4-pyridinealdoxime) and its functionalized oximate (4-(hydroxyiminomethyl)-1-alkylpyridinium bromide) ions (alkyl?=?C₁₀H₂₁ (4-C₁₀PyOx^-); alkyl?=?C₁₂H₂₅ (4-C₁₂PyOx^-)) in the cleavage of phosphate esters, diethyl p-nitrophenylphosphate (Paraoxon) and p-nitrophenyl diphenyl phosphate (PNPDPP) in a cationic (O/W) microemulsion system (ME) over a pH range 7.5 to 11.0 at 300?K. The k_obs values for the reaction of paraoxon with oximate and its functionalized oximate were determined in different microemulsion composition and the kinetic rate data shows that k_obs values increases with increasing water content. The specificity of different chain length of alcohols (n-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol and n-octanol) was also investigated in hydrolytic reactions of paraoxon for different microemulsion composition.     

Reactions of nucleophilic addition of primary amines to the nitrilium derivative of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">closo</Emphasis>-decaborate anion [2-B<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>9</Subscript>(N≡CCH<Subscript>3</Subscript>)]<Superscript>−</Superscript>

Compounds (Bu₄N)[2-B₁₀H₉{NH=C(NHR)CH₃}]⁻ are obtained by reactions of the tetrabutylammonium salt of the [2-B₁₀H₉(N≡CCH₃)]⁻ anion with aliphatic and aromatic primary amines RNH₂ (R = n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, cyclo-C₅H₉, C₆H₅, cyclo-C₆H₁₁, n-C₆H₁₃, C₇H₇, C₈H₈NH₂, C₆H₄NO₂, and C₁₈H₃₇) and identified by IR, ESI/MS, and NMR (¹H, ¹¹B, and ¹³C) spectroscopy. The structures of the amidine-type derivatives [2-B₁₀H₉{Z-NH=C(NH-cyclo-C₅H₉)CH₃}]⁻ and [2-B₁₀H₉{Z-NH=C(NH-C₇H₇)CH₃}]⁻ are determined by X-ray diffraction.     

A computational modeling study of the low-temperature pyrolysis of n-alkanes; mechanisms of propane,n-butane,and n-pentane pyrolyses

The mechanisms of the pyrolyses of the n-alkanes C₃H₈, n-C₄H₁₀, and n-C₅H₁₂ at temperatures between 390 and 560°C have been studied by the construction and evaluation of sets of several hundred reactions. Rate parameter values were assigned using literature data and calculated estimates. Time-dependent numerical solutions were computed for the experimental conditions of several rate and product studies reported in the literature. The comparisons of these a priori computations with experiment show excellent agreement for propane and agreement for butane and pentane within the estimated error limits of the assigned rate parameters. These results demonstrate that the general “state of knowledge” of the mechanism of alkane pyrolysis, namely, the reactions and their rate parameters, is such that reasonable a priori predictions of experimental results can be made. Discussions of the major stepwise processes in the pyrolyses are presented, and the importance of allyl radicals in termination is demonstrated.