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• 2348-46-1 ethanol radical 
• 100-19-6 (4-nitrophenyl)ethanone 
• 5131-95-3 2-hydroxy-2-propyl radical 
• 85540-96-1 carbon dioxide anion radical 
• 98-95-3 nitrobenzene radical anion 
• 75-50-3 trimethylamine 

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Photoreduction of 4-substituted nitrobenzenes by amines

The reduction of several nitrobenzenes bearing electron-donor and electron-withdrawing substituents in the 4-position by triethylamine in acetonitrile was studied by cyclic voltammetry, EPR spectroscopy, and steady-state photolysis. The electrochemical re

The Oxidation of Trimethylamine by OH Radicals in Aqueous Solution, as Studied by Pulse Radiolysis, ESR, and Product Analysis. The Reactions of the Alkylamine Radical Cation, the Aminoalkyl Radical, and the Protonated Aminoalkyl Radical

Hydroxyl radical reactions with trimethylamine in aqueous solution lead to the formation of the aminoalkyl radical (A(.)) and its conjugated acid (AH(+.)) as well as to the alkylamine radical cation (CH3)3N(+.) (N(+.)).These radicals are transformed into each other by hydrolytic reactions, e.g. Radicals AH(+.) are more acidic (pKa ca. 3.6) than the radicals N(+.) (pKa ca. 8.0).Consequently, N(+.) predominate over AH(+.) under quasi equilibrium conditions (e.g. in the presence of phosphate buffer) and are the only species observed by ESR in acid solutions.Reacting with the protonated amine, OH radicals abstract hydrogen at nitrogen and at carbon with comparable ease.Reaction of OH radicals with the free amine may initially also generate N(+.), beside H-abstraction at carbon.Radicals A(.) absorb more strongly at 260 nm (ε = 3390 dm3mol-1cm-1) than the radical cation N(+.) (ε = 950 dm3mol-1cm-1).Radical A(.) has reducing properties whereas radicals AH(+.) and N(+.) have oxidizing properties and hence can be monitored with p-nitroacetophenone (the reducing radicals), and Fe(CN)6(4-), N,N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline-6-sulphonate) (the oxidizing radicals).These radicals mainly (>/=85percent) disproportionate, one of the products being formaldehyde. - Keywords: Radiation Chemistry, Amines, Electron Transfer, Hydrogen Abstraction, Reaction Kinetics

Electron Affinities of Di- and Tetracyanoethylene and Cyanobenzenes Based on Measurements of Gas-Phase Electron-Transfer Equilibria

The electron affinities of tetracyanoethylene, trans-1,2-dicyanoethylene, and eleven substituted benzonitriles as well as two naphthonitriles were determined by measurement of the electron-transfer equilibria A-+B=A+B- with a pulsed electron high ion source pressure mass spectrometer.Rate constants for exothermic electron transfer involving the cyano compounds were found to be near unit collision efficiency.The EA (tetracyanoethylene)=3.17 eV obtained in the present work is considerably higher than the 2.3 eV photodetachment value of Palmer and Lyons.The electron affinities of benzene and benzonitrile substituted by CN, CHO, and NO2 increase in the given order, while the order for nitrobenzene is CHO, CN, NO2.This reversal of order is explained on the basis of a larger attenuation of the ?-withdrawing effect relative to the field effect of substituents when the electron density in the ?* single-electron orbital is decreased.

One-Electron Reduction of Nitrobenzenes by α-Hydroxyalkyl Radicals via Addition/Elimination. An Example of an Organic Inner-Sphere Electron-Transfer Reaction

The reaction in aqueous solution of α-hydroxyalkyl radicals with para-substituted nitrobenzenes were studied by using product analysis, electron spin resonance, and pulse radiolysis techniques.At neutral pH the α-hydroxyalkyl radicals are quantitatively oxidized to yield the corresponding ketones or aldehydes and H+, and the nitrobenzenes are reduced to the radical anions.The mechanism of this redox reaction depends strongly on the substituents on the α-hydroxyalkyl radical (the electron donor) and on the nitrobenzene (the electron acceptor).In case of α-hydroxymethyl radical, the reaction proceeds by addition to the nitro group to produce an alkoxynitroxyl radical which can undergo an OH--catalyzed heterolysis to give formaldehyde and the radical anion of the nitrobenzene.With the α-hydroxyethyl radical, both addition and "electron transfer" take place, the fraction of electron transfer increasing with increasing electron-withdrawing power of the substituent.The nitroxyl-type adducts undergo a spontaneous unimolecular heterolysis to give acetaldehyde, H+, and nitrobenzene radical anion.The rate constants ks (from 2 to 5*104 s-1) for this heterolysis increase with increasing electron-withdrawing strength of the substituent if it is on the benzene, and they decrease if the substituent is on the methyl carbon of the nitroxyl.The heterolysis reaction is characterized by low (5-10 kcal/mol) activation enthalpies and strongly negative (-5 to -25 eu) activation entropies, which originate from hydration of a proton in the transition state.From the effect on the activation parameters exerted by substituents on the electron acceptor and on the electron donor parts of the nitroxyl radical it is concluded that the heterolysis reaction proceeds by a push-pull mechanism and is entropy controlled.In the α-hydroxyprop-2-yl radical with substituted nitrobenzenes, the lifetimes of potential adducts of the nitroxyl type are s=2.1*103 s-1.The heterolysis reaction can also be slowed down by making the solvent less polar than water: in 95percent propan-2-ol/5percent water ks=1.5*104 s-1 for R=CN as compared to >106 s-1 in water.