Studies on the dehydration of (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate in Acidaminococcus fermentans. A radical mechanism?

1984 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Schweiger ◽  
Wolfgang Buckel
Keyword(s):  
Radical Mechanism

Hydrostibination of Alkynes: A Radical Mechanism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh MacMillan ◽  
Katherine Marczenko ◽  
Erin Johnson ◽  
Saurabh Chitnis
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Activation Barrier ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Radical Mechanism ◽  
Neutral Radical ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Ionic Mechanisms ◽  
Terminal Acetylenes

The addition of Sb-H bonds to alkynes was reported recently as a new hydroelementation reaction that exclusively yields anti-Markovnikov <i>Z</i>-olefins from terminal acetylenes. We examine four possible mechanisms that are consistent with the observed stereochemical and regiochemical outcomes. A comprehensive analysis of solvent, substituent, isotope, additive, and temperature effects on hydrostibination reaction rates definitively refutes three ionic mechanisms involving closed-shell charged intermediates. Instead the data support a fourth pathway featuring neutral radical Sb<sup>II</sup> and Sb<sup>III</sup> intermediates. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are consistent this model, predicting an activation barrier that is within 1 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> of the experimental value (Eyring analysis) and a rate limiting step that is congruent with experimental kinetic isotope effect. We therefore conclude that hydrostibination of arylacetylenes is initiated by the generation of stibinyl radicals, which then participate in a cycle featuring Sb<sup>II</sup> and Sb<sup>III</sup> intermediates to yield the observed <i>Z</i>-olefins as products. This mechanistic understanding will enable rational evolution of hydrostibination as a methodology for accessing challenging products such as <i>E</i>-olefins.

Regioselective C3-H Trifluoromethylation of 2H-Indazole Under Transition-Metal-Free Photoredox Catalysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arumugavel Murugan ◽  
Venkata Nagarjuna Babu ◽  
Nagaraj Sabarinathan ◽  
Sharada Duddu. S
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Hypervalent Iodine ◽  
Radical Mechanism ◽  
Photoredox Catalysis ◽  
Metal Free

Here we report a visible-light-promoted metal-free regioselective C3-H trifluoromehtylation reaction that proceeds via radical mechanism and which supported by control experiments. The combination of photoredox catalysis and hypervalent iodine reagent provides a practical approach for the present trifluoromethylation reaction and synthesis of a library of trifluoromethylated indazoles.

Comparative QSAR evidence for a free-radical mechanism of phenol-induced toxicity

2000 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corwin Hansch ◽  
Susan C. McKarns ◽  
Carr J. Smith ◽  
David J. Doolittle
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Radical Mechanism ◽  
Free Radical Mechanism
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