Photoinduced isomerization of radical ions. 3. Radical cations of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadienes, and 1,3-bishomocubane produced in .gamma.-irradiated Freon matrixes at 77 K

1985 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 815-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadamasa Shida ◽  
Takamasa Momose ◽  
Noboru Ono
1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Zahradník

The energies and heats of ion-molecule reactions have been calculated (MP4/6-31G**//6-31G** or better level) and compared with the experimental values obtained from the heats of formation. Two main types of reactions have been studied: (i) AHn + AHn+• ↔ AHn+1+ + AHn-1• (A = C to F and Si to Cl), (ii) AHn + BHm+• ↔ AHn+1+ + BHm-1• or AHn-1+• + BHm+1+ (A and B = C to F). In contrast to (i), processes of type (ii) permit easy differentiation between the proton transfer and hydrogen atom abstraction mechanisms. A third type of interaction involves reactions with radical anions (A = Li to F); comparison was made with analogous processes with radical cations. A brief comment is made about the influence of the level of computational sophistication on the energies and heats of reaction, as well as on the stabilization energy of a hydrogen bonded intermediate, a structure which is similar to that of the reaction products.


1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 763-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bock ◽  
Wolfgang Kaim ◽  
Mitsuo Kira ◽  
Louis Réné ◽  
Heinz-Günther Viehe

AbstractThe photoelectron (PE) spectra of bis(dialkylamino) acetylenes R2N-C≡C-NR2 and of tetrakis(dialkylamino) allenes (R2N)2C=C=C(NR2)2 with R = CH3, C2H5 exhibit characteristic ionization patterns which are assigned to π radical cation states of the two molecular halves twisted against each other. The low first ionization potentials between 7.0 eV and 7.7 eV stimu­lated attempts to oxidize using AlCl3 in H2CCl2 or D2CCl2. The hyperfine structured ESR spectra observed can be unequivocally assigned to the ethylene radical cations R2N-HC=CH -NR2˙⊕ which are formed from the obviously non-persistent species R2N-C≡C-NR2˙⊕ via a hydrogen transfer. During the oxidation of the dialkylamino-substituted allenes no paramagnetic intermedi­ates could be detected, presumably due to a rapid dimerisation of the allene radical cation (R2N)2C=C=C(NR2)2˙⊕.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 2310-2315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danial D. M. Wayner ◽  
Russell J. Boyd ◽  
Donald R. Arnold

The nature of the one-electron two-centre bond in the cyclopropane and 1,2-divinylcyclopropane radical cations is elucidated by use of abinitio self consistent field (SCF) molecular orbital (MO) calculations. The charge and spin distributions in the 90,90 and 90,0 conformations are compared at the STO-3G and 4-31G basis set levels. From energy differences between the radical cations in the 90,90 conformation and the 90,0 (transition state) conformation, the activation barriers for cis–trans isomerization in the 2A1 state of C3H6,+ and of the 1,2-divinylcyclopropane radical cation are estimated. These results are compared to previous calculations and experimental data where possible.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 2312-2314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Arnold ◽  
Shelley A. Mines

The photosensitized (electron transfer) irradiation of several conjugated 1,1-diphenyl alkenes, in acetonitrile with 1,4-dicyanobenzene or 1-cyanonapthalene as electron accepting sensitizer and 2,6-lutidine as base, leads essentially quantitatively to tautomerization to the less stable unconjugated isomer(s). The proposed mechanism for this reaction involves formation of the alkene radical cation and sensitizer radical anion followed by deprotonation of the radical cation, reduction of the resulting radical to the ambident anion by back electron transfer from the radical anion, and reprotonation. There are several steps in this mechanism that could control the ratio of isomers. Evidence is provided that, at least in some cases, it is the relative rate of deprotonation from the isomeric radical cations that is the determining factor. This rate is influenced by the conformation of the radical cation; the carbon–hydrogen bond involved in the deprotonation step must overlap with the singly occupied molecular orbital.


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