Studies by electron spin resonance of the reactions of alkylperoxy radicals. Part 1.—Absolute rate constants for the termination reactions of alkylperoxy radicals

1970 ◽  
Vol 66 (0) ◽  
pp. 386-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Bennett ◽  
D. M. Brown ◽  
B. Mile
1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (14) ◽  
pp. 2374-2377 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
J. E. Bennett

Absolute rate constants for the self-reaction of cyclopentylperoxy, cyclopentenylperoxy, and sec-butylperoxyradicals have been determined over a 125 °C temperature range. Arrhenius plots derived from these rate constants suggest that the mechanism for this reaction is more complex than the currently accepted Russell mechanism.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 623-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. B. Chenier ◽  
J. A. Howard

A kinetic electron spin resonance spectroscopic study of the reaction of tertiary alkylperoxy radicals with α-tetralin hydroperoxide is reported. The absolute rate constants for this hydrogen atom transfer process (k1) are given by the equation log (k1/M−1 s−1) = (6.0 ± 0.5 ) − (4.5 ± 0.5 )/θ, where θ = 2.303 RT kcal mol−1.A significant isotope effect is obtained when the hydroperoxidic hydrogen is replaced by deuterium, e.g. k1H/k1D at 21° = 9.Other alkyl hydroperoxides, e.g. triphenylmethyl, s-butyl, and 9,10-dihydro-9-anthracyl have approximately the same reactivity to t-ROO• as α-C10H11OOH.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (18) ◽  
pp. 1962-1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
S. B. Tong

tert-Butylperoxy radicals react rapidly with Co(acac)2 in non-polar solvents and rate constants measured by kinetic electron spin resonance spectroscopy obey the Arrhenius equation log (nk/M−1 s−1) = (8.9 ± 0.7) − (4.7 ± 1.5)/θ, where θ = 2.303RT kcal mol−1 and n is ~ 0.1. Cumylperoxy radicals react with Co(acac)2 to give mainly α-cumyl alcohol and acetophenone. There is no evidence for the formation of "long-lived" alkylperoxy radicals co-ordinated to cobalt (III) or a stable alkylperoxo cobalt(III) complex in these systems.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 2361-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Charles Tait ◽  
James Anthony Howard

A kinetic electron spin resonance study of the self-reaction of SF5 and a spectroscopic and kinetic e.s.r. study of the reaction of SF5 with 1,1-di-t-butylethylene are reported. This radical undergoes self-reaction by a second-order process and the rate constants are given by the Arrhenius equation log 2k1(M−1 s−1) = (10.3 ± 0.5) − (1.7 ± 0.5)/θ where θ = 2.303RT kcal mol−1. It adds to 1,1-di-t-butylethylene to give (t-Bu)2CCH2SF5 which decomposes by a first-order process with rate constants that obey the expression log k2(s−1) = (13 ± 0.4) − (10 ± 0.2)/θ. Both these rate constants are pertinent to kinetic studies of the photoinduced addition of SF5C1 to olefins.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Anthony Howard ◽  
John Charles Tait

The epr spectra of three intermediate copper(II) complexes formed by oxidation of bis[N,N-dialkyl(dithiocarbamato-S,S′)] copper(II) by alkyl hydroperoxides and alkylperoxy radicals are reported. Isotropic and anisotropic spectra of the complexes formed from alkylperoxy radicals enriched with 17O are consistent with the following structures: [Cu(S2CNR2)(OS2CNR2)] (I), [Cu(OS2CNR2)2] (II), and [Cu(OS2CNR2)(O2S2CNR2)] (III). The isotropic 17O hyperfine interaction of I is 19.2 G while the anisotropic spectrum of II indicates that the two oxygen nuclei are equivalent. The anisotropic 17O hyperfine splitting constants are consistent with a structure for these complexes in which the S—O bond(s) is directed out of the plane of the complex and not coordinated to the copper.


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