Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon autoxidation. XIV. Termination rate constants for tertiary peroxy radicals

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 3793-3795 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. Adamic ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Electron Spin Resonance ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Chain Termination ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Termination Rate ◽  
Spin Resonance ◽  
After Effect ◽  
Effect Method ◽  
Good Agreement

Absolute rate constants for chain termination by ten t-peroxy radicals have been measured at 30° by the rotating sector technique, the photochemical pre- and after-effect method, and by electron spin resonance. The different methods generally give results in good agreement with one another. The termination rate constants vary from a low of ∼4 × 102 M−1 s−1 for t-butylperoxy to a high of ∼3 × 104 M−1 s−1 for 1,1-diphenylethylperoxy radicals.

Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon autoxidation. VI. Alkyl aromatic and olefinic hydrocarbons

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 793-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Steric Hindrance ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Peroxy Radical ◽  
Electron System ◽  
Chain Termination ◽  
The Self ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate

Absolute rate constants have been measured for the autoxidation of a large number of hydrocarbons at 30 °C. The chain-propagating and chain-terminating rate constants depend on the structure of the hydrocarbon and also on the structure of the chain-carrying peroxy radical. With certain notable exceptions which are mainly due to steric hindrance, the rate constants for hydrogen-atom abstraction increase in the order primary < secondary < tertiary; and, for compounds losing a secondary hydrogen atom, the rate constants increase in the order unactivated < acyclic activated by a single π-electron system < cyclic activated by a single Π-system < acyclic activated by two π-systems < cyclic activated by two π-systems. The rate constants for chain termination by the self-reaction of two peroxy radicals generally increase in the order tertiary peroxy radicals < acyclic allylic secondary  [Formula: see text] cyclic secondary  [Formula: see text] acyclic benzylic secondary < primary peroxy radicals < hydroperoxy radicals.

Absolute Rate Constants for Hydrocarbon Autoxidation. XXII. The Autoxidation of some Vinyl Compounds

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (14) ◽  
pp. 2298-2304 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Addition Reaction ◽  
Peroxy Radical ◽  
Stabilization Energy ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Termination Rate ◽  
Vinyl Compound ◽  
Rate Constants For Addition

Absolute propagation and termination rate constants have been determined for the autoxidation of some vinyl compounds at 30°. Rates of propagation depend on the structure of both the peroxy radical and the vinyl compound. The reactivity of peroxy radicals towards addition increases as the electron-withdrawing capacity of the α-substituent increases. Rate constants for addition of t-butylperoxy radicals to vinyl compounds, [Formula: see text] fit the equation[Formula: see text]where Es is the estimated stabilization energy of the β-peroxyalkyl radical (in kcal/mol) formed in the addition reaction.

Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon oxidation. XI. The reactions of tertiary peroxy radicals

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (16) ◽  
pp. 2655-2660 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Chain Termination ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Hydrocarbon Oxidation ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Alkoxy Radical ◽  
Oxygen Chain ◽  
The Stability

Rate constants have been measured for the chain-terminating self-reactions of six tertiary peroxy radicals. The rate constants vary from ~ 1 × 103 M−1 s−1 for t-butylperoxy to ~ 6 × 104 M−1 s−1 for 1,1-diphenylethylperoxy radicals. It is suggested that the variation in the rate constants may be related to differences in the stability of the alkoxy radical products of tetroxide decomposition.Rate constants for hydrogen atom abstraction from aralkanes by tertiary peroxy radicals do not seem to be significantly affected by the structure of the attacking radical.In solution the triphenylmethylperoxy radical probably exists in equilibrium with the triphenylmethyl radical and oxygen. Chain termination in oxidations involving the triphenylmethylperoxy radical as the chain carrier occurs by the reaction of this radical with a triphenylmethyl radical.

Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon autoxidation. XVII. The oxidation of some cyclic ethers

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 3809-3815 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Chain Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Cyclic Ethers ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Termination Rate

The propagation and termination rate constants have been determined for the autoxidation of 1,4-dioxan, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrofuran, 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, and phthalan. The rate constants for α-hydrogen atom abstraction from some of the ethers by the tetralylperoxy radical and from tetralin by some ether peroxy radicals have been measured and compared. The chain transfer rate constants have been estimated for the reaction of the cumylperoxy radical with α-hydroperoxytetrahydrofuran, α-hydroperoxytetrahydropyran, and α-ethoxyethyl hydroperoxide.

ABSOLUTE RATE CONSTANTS FOR HYDROCARBON AUTOXIDATION: IV. TETRALIN, CYCLOHEXENE, DIPHENYLMETHANE, ETHYLBENZENE, AND ALLYLBENZENE

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1119-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Chain Termination ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction ◽  
Peroxy Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Oxidation Method ◽  
Oxidation Rates ◽  
Effect Of Solvents

Absolute rate constants have been measured for the autoxidation of five hydrocarbons under a variety of conditions. The propagation (kp) and termination (kt) rate constants at 30 °C (in l mole−1 s−1) are: tetralin in chlorobenzene 6.3 and 3.8 × 106 respectively, cyclohexene in chlorobenzene 6.1 and 2.8 × 106, diphenylmethane 4.8 and 8.0 × 107, ethylbenzene 0.11 and 2.0 × 107, and allylbenzene 10 and 2.2 × 108. Measurements on tetralin, α-methylstyrene, and allylbenzene in different solvents indicate that the effect of solvents on oxidation rates is mainly connected with changes in the rate of termination rather than propagation. Experiments with α,α-d2-diphenylmethane gave isotope effects kH/kD ~5.1 for kp and ~1.4 for kt. The rate constant for hydrogen atom abstraction from 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol by peroxy radicals decreases in the order expected if steric effects are important, i.e., primary peroxy > secondary peroxy > tertiary peroxy radical.The co-oxidation method of estimating chain termination constants is criticized on the grounds that it can only be used to distinguish the fairly large changes in kt commonly encountered between hydrocarbons giving tertiary peroxy radicals and those giving secondary or primary radicals.The effect of hydrocarbon structure on bimolecular chain termination rate constants is reviewed. There is a gradation in kt from ~2 × 108] mole−1 s−1 for primary peroxy radicals, through the range 8 × 107 to 1 × 106 for secondary radicals, to the range from 3 × 105 to 3 × 102 for tertiary peroxy radicals.

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