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Switching between mono and doubly reduced odd alternant hydrocarbon: designing a redox catalyst
Ahmed, Jasimuddin,Datta, Paramita,Das, Arpan,Jomy, Stephy,Mandal, Swadhin K.
, p. 3039 - 3049 (2021/03/14)
Since the early Hückel molecular orbital (HMO) calculations in 1950, it has been well known that the odd alternant hydrocarbon (OAH), the phenalenyl (PLY) system, can exist in three redox states: closed shell cation (12π e?), mono-reduced open shell neutral radical (13π e?) and doubly reduced closed shell anion (14π e?). Switching from one redox state of PLY to another leads to a slight structural change owing to its low energy of disproportionation making the electron addition or removal process facile. To date, mono-reduced PLY based radicals have been extensively studied. However, the reactivity and application of doubly reduced PLY species have not been explored so far. In this work, we report the synthesis of the doubly reduced PLY species (14π e?) and its application towards the development of redox catalysisviaswitching with the mono-reduced form (13π e?) for aryl halide activation and functionalization under transition metal free conditions without any external stimuli such as heat, light or cathodic current supply.
Marcus Theory of Hydride Transfer from an Anionic reduced Deazaflavin to NAD+ Analogues
Lee, In-Sook Han,Ostovic, Drazen,Kreevoy, Maurice
, p. 3989 - 3993 (2007/10/02)
Eighteen rate constants, kij for hydride transfer from the conjugate base of 1,5-dihydro-3,10-dimethyl-5-diazaisoalloxazine to a variety of pyridinium, quinolinium, phenanthridinium, and acridinium ions have been determined. (All the oxidizing agents can be regarded as analogues of NAD+.) The kij values span 7 powers of 10 and the corresponding equilibrium constants, Kij, span more than 13 powers of 10.For reactions with ΔG0 near zero, the kij values are close to those given by modified Marcus theory (ref 10).However, with more negative ΔG0 values, the observed kij increase more strogly than the calculated values.Agreement can be produced by making the standard free energy of precursor complex formation, symbolized WT +- here, to indicate that it applies to reactants of opposite charge, a linear function of ΔG0, and treating the slope and interrcept of the linear relation as adjustable parameters.The best fit is obtained with WT+-(in kJ*mol-1)=-9.4+0.11ΔG0.An avarage discrepancy between calculated and observed ln kij values of 0.5 is achieved, which is a good as the overall fit achieved for hydride transfer from neutral NADH analogues to NAD+ analogues (ref 10).The form and the parameterization of Wf are shown to be a physically reasonable approximation for reactions with ΔG00.These results strengthen the conclusion (ref 10) that a wide range of hydride transfer rates can be quantitavely understood without introducing high-energy metastable intermediates (radicals and radical ions).
