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The Kinetics and Mechanism of Ring Opening of Radicals containing the Cyclobutylcarbinyl System
Beckwith, Athelstan L. J.,Moad, Graeme
, p. 1083 - 1092 (2007/10/02)
The kinetic parameters of β-fission of radicals containing the cyclobutylcarbinyl system have been determined by analysis of the mixtures obtained when suitable chloro-compounds are treated with tributylstannane.Under these conditions ring opening is irreversible and in the rigid bicyclic system (4) is under stereoelectronic control.For ring opening of cyclobutylcarbinyl radical (8) kf = 4.3 x 103 s-1 at 60 deg C, and the best values of the activation parameters appear to be ΔH(excit.) = 12.2 kcal mol-1 and ΔS(excit.) = -7.4 cal mol-1 K-1.Monocyclic systems undergo preferential fission of the more substituted βγ-bond.Methyl substituents at the α-, β-, or δ-positions have little effect but γ-substitution strongly enhances the rate of ring opening.The transition state is reactant-like and has a similar disposition of centres to that (1) for homolytic addition.
