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Thermolabile Hydrocarbons, XVIII. 1-Substituted Neopentyl radicals and their Dimers
Eichin, Karl-Heinz,Beckhaus, Hans-Dieter,Hellmann, Siegried,Fritz, Hans,Peters, Eva-Maria,et al.
, p. 1787 - 1821 (2007/10/02)
Five 3,4-diaryl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexanes 1a - e were prepared as pure meso- and DL-isomers.According to the NMR spectra, x-ray analyses for meso- and DL-1e (with an (FB)2E conformation as energy minimum for DL-1e), and force field calculations the diastereomers have distinctly different minimum energy conformations, rotational potentials, and strain enthalpies.Also the activation parameters for the thermal dissociation into 1-arylneopentyl radicals 2 are typically differing.From an entropy discussion it is concluded that sandwich-like diastereomeric radical complexes are formed in these reactions as first intermediates.Their tightness influences ΔS%.The recombinations of the radicals 2 likewise take place stereoselectively.Their substituent effects on the selectivity can also be understood by primary formation of diastereomeric complexes of radical pairs.
