Kinetics of Alkylated Biladiene-a,c Deprotonation

The kinetics of deprotonation of 1,3,7,13,17,19-hexamethyl-2,8,12,18-tetrabutylbiladiene-a,c dyhydrobromide on treatment with nucleophilic reagents (pyridine, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide) in carbon tetrachloride was measured by electron absorption spectroscopy in the temperature range of 293.15–303.15 K. The effects of the reactant concentrations, the temperature, and the electron-donor properties of the nucleophilic reagent on the kinetics of deprotonation of biladiene-a,c as the salt with HBr are discussed.