KINETICS OF THE REACTION OF SUPEROXIDE ANION-RADICAL WITH OLEFINS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00960318

Kinetic investigation of the reaction of electrochemically generated O2^.- with perfluorooctene, styrene, and cyclohexene in acetonitrile, in the presence of tetraethylammonium perchlorate used as a background electrolyte, revealed that O2^.- reacts with styrene and perfluorooctene at the double bond, and the reactivity of the olefins with respect to O2^.- decreases with decrease in the electrophilicity of the substituents at the double bond: perfluorooctene > styrene > cyclohexene.The main transformation products of styrene are phthalic and benzoic acid esters.