Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions by Cyanide Ion‐Radicals

1960 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 700-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Martin ◽  
C. E. Melton
1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (15) ◽  
pp. 2840-2844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estel Dean Sprague ◽  
Keiji Takeda ◽  
Jih Tzong Wang ◽  
Ffrancon Williams

The extent of interaction between methyl radicals and cyanide ions produced in pairs by dissociative electron capture in the two solid phases of acetonitrile has been studied by e.s.r. using CD313CN. Although no interaction is observed when the radical–anion pairs are generated by photobleaching the acetonitrile dimer radical anion in Crystal I, a very weak interaction as evidenced by an isotropic 13C hyperfine splitting of 3.4 G is found for the corresponding species produced from the acetonitrile monomer radical anion in Crystal II. The rate of hydrogen atom abstraction by the methyl radical in Crystal I is at least a factor of 10 greater than in Crystal II at the same temperature over the range 77–113 K. These results show that the weak perturbation of the methyl radical by the cyanide ion does not enhance methyl radical reactivity in hydrogen atom abstraction. Evidence from 13C hyperfine splitting measurements on [Formula: see text] indicates that the configuration of the methyl radical is planar in these radical–anion pairs. It is emphasized that quantum mechanical tunneling provides a satisfactory explanation for the low apparent activation energies, the curved Arrhenius plots, and the abnormally large deuterium isotope effects which characterize hydrogen atom abstraction reactions by methyl radicals in glassy and crystalline solids at low temperatures. Moreover, since the tunneling rate is extremely sensitive to the width of the barrier, methyl radical reactivity is expected to show a very strong dependence on the precise geometry of the reacting partners in the solid state.


2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1769-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc A. Vannier ◽  
Chunxiang Yao ◽  
František Tureček

A computational study at correlated levels of theory is reported to address the structures and energetics of transient radicals produced by hydrogen atom abstraction from C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, O-1, O-3, and O-5 positions in 2-deoxyribofuranose in the gas phase and in aqueous solution. In general, the carbon-centered radicals are found to be thermodynamically and kinetically more stable than the oxygen-centered ones. The most stable gas-phase radical, 2-deoxyribofuranos-5-yl (5), is produced by H-atom abstraction from C-5 and stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the O-5 hydroxy group and O-1. The order of radical stabilities is altered in aqueous solution due to different solvation free energies. These prefer conformers that lack intramolecular hydrogen bonds and expose O-H bonds to the solvent. Carbon-centered deoxyribose radicals can undergo competitive dissociations by loss of H atoms, OH radical, or by ring cleavages that all require threshold dissociation or transition state energies >100 kJ mol-1. This points to largely non-specific dissociations of 2-deoxyribose radicals when produced by exothermic hydrogen atom abstraction from the saccharide molecule. Oxygen-centered 2-deoxyribose radicals show only marginal thermodynamic and kinetic stability and are expected to readily fragment upon formation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yu Huang ◽  
Jianbin Li ◽  
Chao-Jun Li

AbstractHydrogen atom abstraction (HAT) from C(sp3)–H bonds of naturally abundant alkanes for alkyl radical generation represents a promising yet underexplored strategy in the alkylation reaction designs since involving stoichiometric oxidants, excessive alkane loading, and limited scope are common drawbacks. Here we report a photo-induced and chemical oxidant-free cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) between alkanes and heteroarenes using catalytic chloride and cobalt catalyst. Couplings of strong C(sp3)–H bond-containing substrates and complex heteroarenes, have been achieved with satisfactory yields. This dual catalytic platform features the in situ engendered chlorine radical for alkyl radical generation and exploits the cobaloxime catalyst to enable the hydrogen evolution for catalytic turnover. The practical value of this protocol was demonstrated by the gram-scale synthesis of alkylated heteroarene with merely 3 equiv. alkane loading.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2178-2182 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
S. Korcek

Absolute rate constants for the liquid phase autoxidation of some organic sulfides at 30 °C have been measured. The reactivities of organic sulfides towards t-butylperoxy radicals are equal to or somewhat less than the reactivities of structurally analogous ethers. The α-alkylthiylalkylperoxy radicals appear to be about 3–5 times more reactive in hydrogen atom abstraction than the α-alkoxyalkylperoxy radicals.


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