- Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical. the importance of solvent hydrogen-bond interactions with the substrate and the abstracting radical
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A kinetic study of the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from propanal (PA) and 2,2-dimethylpropanal (DMPA) by the cumyloxyl radical (CumO ?) has been carried out in different solvents (benzene, PhCl, MeCN, t-BuOH, MeOH, and TFE). The corresponding reactions of the benzyloxyl radical (BnO?) have been studied in MeCN. The reaction of CumO? with 1,4-cyclohexadiene (CHD) also has been investigated in TFE solution. With CHD a 3-fold increase in rate constant (kH) has been observed on going from benzene, PhCl, and MeCN to TFE. This represents the first observation of a sizable kinetic solvent effect for hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from hydrocarbons by alkoxyl radicals and indicates that strong HBD solvents influence the hydrogen abstraction reactivity of CumO ?. With PA and DMPA a significant decrease in kH has been observed on going from benzene and PhCl to MeOH and TFE, indicative of hydrogen-bond interactions between the carbonyl lone pair and the solvent in the transition state. The similar kH values observed for the reactions of the aldehydes in MeOH and TFE point toward differential hydrogen bond interactions of the latter solvent with the substrate and the radical in the transition state. The small reactivity ratios observed for the reactions of CumO? and BnO? with PA and DMPA (k H(BnO?)/kH(CumO?) = 1.2 and 1.6, respectively) indicate that with these substrates alkoxyl radical sterics play a minor role.
- Salamone, Michela,Giammarioli, Ilaria,Bietti, Massimo
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- Diffusion controlled hydrogen atom abstraction from tertiary amines by the benzyloxyl radical. the importance of C-H/N hydrogen bonding
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The rate constants for H-atom abstraction (kH) from 1,4-cyclohexadiene (CHD), triethylamine (TEA), triisobutylamine (TIBA), and DABCO by the cumyloxyl (CumO?) and benzyloxyl (BnO ?) radicals were measured. Comparable ksub
- Salamone, Michela,Anastasi, Gloria,Bietti, Massimo,Dilabio, Gino A.
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p. 260 - 263
(2011/03/22)
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- Hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from tertiary amines by benzyloxyl and cumyloxyl radicals: Influence of structure on the rate-determining formation of a hydrogen-bonded prereaction complex
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A time-resolved kinetic study on the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from a series of tertiary amines by the cumyloxyl (CumO?) and benzyloxyl (BnO?) radicals was carried out. With the sterically hindered triisobutylamine, comparable hydrogen atom abstraction rate constants (kH) were measured for the two radicals (kH(BnO ?)/kH(CumO?) = 2.8), and the reactions were described as direct hydrogen atom abstractions. With the other amines, increases in kH(BnO?)/kH(CumO ?) ratios of 13 to 2027 times were observed. kH approaches the diffusion limit in the reactions between BnO? and unhindered cyclic and bicyiclic amines, whereas a decrease in reactivity is observed with acyclic amines and with the hindered cyclic amine 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidine. These results provide additional support to our hypothesis that the reaction proceeds through the rate-determining formation of a C-H/N hydrogen-bonded prereaction complex between the benzyloxyl α-C-H and the nitrogen lone pair wherein hydrogen atom abstraction occurs, and demonstrate the important role of amine structure on the overall reaction mechanism. Additional mechanistic information in support of this picture is obtained from the study of the reactions of the amines with a deuterated benzyloxyl radical (PhCD2O?, BnO?- d2) and the 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyloxyl radical.
- Salamone, Michela,Dilabio, Gino A.,Bietti, Massimo
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p. 6264 - 6270
(2011/10/08)
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- The role of structural effects on the reactions of alkoxyl radicals with trialkyl and triaryl phosphites. A time-resolved kinetic study
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(Figure presented) A time-resolved kinetic study on the reactions of alkoxyl radicals with trialkyl and triaryl phosphites ((RO)3P: R = Me, Et, i-Pr, t-Bu; (ArO)3P: Ar = C6H5, 2,4-(t-Bu)2C6H3) has been carried out. In the (RO)3P series, the alkoxyl radicals (cumyloxyl (CumO ·) and benzyloxyl (BnO·)) undergo addition to the phosphorus center with formation of intermediate tetraalkoxyphosphoranyl radicals (R′OP·(OR)3: R = Me, Et, i-Pr, t-Bu; R′ = Bn, Cum). The addition rate constants are influenced by steric effects, decreasing on going from R = Me to R = t-Bu and from BnO · to CumO·. Rate constants for β-scission of the phosphoranyl radicals R′OP·(OR) 3 have also been determined, increasing, for a given alkyl group R, in the order R′ = tert-butyl · reacts with triaryl phosphites (ArO) 3P to give phenoxyl radicals, with rate constants that are influenced to a limited extent by substitution of the aromatic rings. The radical scavenging ability of these substrates is briefly discussed.
- Bietti, Massimo,Calcagni, Alessandra,Salamone, Michela
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experimental part
p. 4514 - 4520
(2010/10/02)
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- Laser flash photolysis studies on the first superoxide thermal source. First direct measurements of the rates of solvent-assisted 1,2-hydrogen atom shifts and a proposed new mechanism for this unusual rearrangement
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The thermal decomposition of bis(4-carboxybenzyl)hyponitrite (SOTS-1) in aerated water under physiological conditions has previously been shown to give the superoxide radical anion in a yield of 40 mol % (Ingold, K. U.; et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 12364). The absolute kinetics of the elementary reactions involved in the cascade of events leading from the first-formed water-soluble benzyloxyl radical to superoxide have been determined by laser flash photolysis. On the basis of these kinetics it is concluded that SOTS-1 will be suitable for studies of superoxide-induced oxidative stress in most biological systems. A water-assisted 1,2-H shift converting benzyloxyl into the benzyl ketyl radical is an important step in the above reaction cascade. The kinetics of the 1,2-H shift assisted by H2O, D2O, and a number of nucleophilic alcohols have been measured for the first time. These data have led to a proposed new mechanism involving the initial formation of a ketyl radical anion and an oxonium cation which generally collapse to give the neutral ketyl radical as the first observable product on the time scale of our experiments (ca. 80 ns).
- Konya, Klara G.,Paul, Thomas,Lin, Shuqiong,Lusztyk, Janusz,Ingold
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(2007/10/03)
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- A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Self-Reaction and Reaction with H2O of the Benzylperoxy Radical
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The kinetics and mechanism of the reactions C6H5CH2O2 + C6H5CH2O2 -> 2C6H5CH2O + O2 (3a), C6H5CH2O2 + C6H5CH2O2 -> C6H5CHO + C6H5CH2OH + O2 (3b), and C6H5CH2O2 + HO2 -> C6H5CH2OOH + O2 (4) have been investigated using two complementary techniques: flash photolysis/UV absorption for kinetic measurements and continuous photolysis/FTIR spectroscopy for end-product analyses and branching ratio determinations.The reaction of chlorine atoms with toluene was found to yield benzyl radicals exclusively and was used to generate benzylperoxy radicals in excess oxygen.During this study, relative reaction rate constants of chlorine atoms with compounds related to those involved in the reaction mechanism have been measured at room temperature: k(Cl+toluene) = (6.1 +/- 0.2)E-11, k(Cl+benzaldehyde) = (9.6 +/- 0.4)E-11, k(Cl+benzyl chloride) = (9.7 +/- 0.6)E-12, k(Cl+benzyl alcohol) = (9.3 +/- 0.5)E-11, k(Cl+benzene) 3 molecule-1 s-1.The products identified following the self-reaction 3 were benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, and benzyl hydroperoxide.The latter is the product of the reaction of C6H5CH2O2 with HO2.The yield of products allowed us to determine the branching ratio α = k3a/k3 = 0.4.The UV absorption spectrum of the benzylperoxy radical was determined from 220 to 300 nm.It was similar to those of alkylperoxy radicals, with a maximum cross section at 245 nm of 6.8E-18 cm2 molecule-1.Kinetic data were obtained from the detailed simulation of experimental decay traces recorded at 250 nm over the temperature range 273-450 K.The resulting rate expression are k3 = (2.75 +/- 0.15)E-14 exp cm3 molecule-1 a-1 and k4 = (3.75 +/- 0.32)E-13 exp3 molecule-1 s-1 (errors = 1?).The UV absorption traces in the flash-photolysis kinetic study were well accounted for by the identified products in the FTIR study, thus providing good confidence in the results.However, about 20percent of the products have remained unidentified.Some uncertainties persist in the reaction mechanism leading us to assign a fairly large uncertainty of about 50percent to the rate constants k3 and k4 over the whole temperature range.This work shows that the aromatic substituent does not provide any specificity in the reactivity of peroxy radicals and confirms that large radicals tend to react faster with HO2 than generally assumed in current atmospheric models.
- Noziere, Barbara,Lesclaux, Robert,Hurley, Michael D.,Dearth, Mark A.,Wallington, Timothy J.
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p. 2864 - 2873
(2007/10/02)
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