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Kinetics and equilibrium constants for reactions of α-phenyl- substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl radicals
Halgren, Thomas A.,Roberts, John D.,Horner, John H.,Martinez, Felix N.,Tronche, Christopher,Newcomb, Martin
, p. 2988 - 2994 (2007/10/03)
Laser-flash photolysis methods were used to determine Arrhenius functions for cyclizations of the 4,4-diphenyl-3-butenyl (2) and trans-4- phenyl-3-butenyl (5) radicals to the 1,1-diphenylcyclopropylcarbinyl (1) and 1-phenylcyclopropylcarbinyl (4) radicals, respectively. At 20 °C, the cyclization rate constants are 1.7 x 107 and 5.4 x 106 s-1. Equilibrium constants for the two processes were estimated and evaluated with thermochemical data and via computational methods, and Arrhenius functions for the ring-opening reactions of the cyclopropylcarbinyl radicals were calculated. The cyclization reactions of 2 and 5 are strongly enthalpy controlled. Production of radicals 1 and 2 from the corresponding tert- butylperoxy esters in the presence of Et3SnH gave diphenylcyclopropylmethane and 1,1-diphenyl-1-butene from H-atom trapping of radicals 1 and 2 and 4- phenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene which derives from the product radical formed by addition of the radical moiety in 2 to the cis-phenyl group. Rate constants for the latter cyclization of 2 and for reactions of radicals 1 and 2 with Et3SnH were obtained from the indirect kinetic studies.
