The Thermal Decomposition of N-Benzoyl-N′-1-cyanocyclohexyl Diimide

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (13) ◽  
pp. 2143-2146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Lynch ◽  
Frederick N. MacLachlan

N-Benzoyl-N′-1-cyanocyclohexyl diimide decomposes in toluene in a first-order manner between 81 and 102°, k = 1015.08e−32.54 ± 1.35/RT. The major product is N-benzoyl-N-cyclohexane carbonyl imide.

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 744 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Buchanan ◽  
F Creutzberg

The thermal decomposition of boron trimethyl has been studied in a static system in the range 468-513 �C and was found to be first order with a rate expression������������� k1=1.2 x 1012e-[56 000/RT] sec-1. The activation energies for methane and hydrogen formation were found to be 76 and 75 kcal, respectively. The stoicheiometry for the main reaction was found to be ���������������� 2B(CH3)3 → 2CH4 + H2 + [B(CH2)2]2. Preliminary experiments on the photolysis of boron trimethyl indicated that methane was the major product.


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (21) ◽  
pp. 2692-2696
Author(s):  
R. A. Back ◽  
J. M. Parsons

The thermal decomposition of cis-1,2-cyclobutanedicarboxylic anhydride (CBA) has been studied in a static system in the range 625–725 K. The major process observed was a homogeneous unimolecular decomposition to form ethylene and maleic anhydride, with first-order rate parameters A = 1.14(± 0.1) × 1014s−1 and E = 55.1 ± 1 kcal/mol. A very minor decomposition channel yielding butadiene, CO2, and CO was also observed, with A = 8.4 (± 0.1) ×1014 s−1 and E = 67.5 ± 1 kcal/mol.The decomposition induced by a pulsed CO2 laser was also studied briefly; the same two decomposition channels were observed and their dependence on fluence and pressure examined.The ultraviolet photolysis of CBA was also investigated between 210 and 365 nm. In addition to the products found in the thermal reaction, cyclobutene was also a major product, and product ratios were measured as a function of wavelength and added CO2. Mechanisms in the three systems are discussed and compared.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-313
Author(s):  
Anthony Martin Newton

In acetic acid – sodium acetate buffer of pH 5.6 (25 °C) the Co(NH3)5S2O3+ ion undergoes redox decomposition rather than aquation. First-order kinetic are observed and the reaction products Co2+, NH3, and S4O62− are due to internal reduction of Co(III) by coordinated S2O32−. In dilute perchloric acid of pH < 4 the rate is retarded, first-order plots are not linear, and S4O62− is not a major product of the reaction. It is proposed that, in dilute HClO4, protonation of Co(NH3)5S2O3+ depletes the concentration of the reactive complex and that decomposition of coordinated HS2O3− occurs. Conversion of O-bonded S2O32− to S-bonded S2O32− in the reactive complex is also considered.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (20) ◽  
pp. 3596-3601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. H. Liu ◽  
Barry M. Jennings

The thermal decomposition of phenyl-n-butyldiazirine and of phenylmethyldiazirine in DMSO and in HOAc have been investigated over the temperature range 80–130 °C. The intermediate diazo compounds, 1-phenyl-1-diazopentane and 1-phenyldiazoethane respectively have been detected and isolated. The decomposition of phenyl-n-butyldiazirine and the subsequent decomposition of its product, 1-phenyl-1-diazopentane, are an illustration of consecutive reactions. The kinetic parameters for the isomerization and decomposition reactions have been determined. The isomerization of phenylmethyldiazirine to 1-phenyldiazoethane is first order and probably unimolecular but the kinetics for the subsequent reactions of 1-phenyldiazoethane are complicated by several competing rate processes.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (22) ◽  
pp. 3554-3562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrs. A. L. Lee ◽  
Donald Mackay ◽  
E. L. Manery

2-Thiazolylhydrazine and all three thiazole carbonyl peroxides have been synthesized and examined as radical precursors in solution in benzene, bromobenzene, and cumene. Silver oxide oxidation of the hydrazine or thermal decomposition of the 2-peroxide gives good yields of 2-arylthiazoles but negligible amounts of esters; in cumene a trace of bicumyl is formed. The isomer ratios in bromobenzene and cumene fully support the involvement of 2-thiazolyl radicals (1).The 4-carbonyl peroxide gives fair yields of 4-arylthiazoles but the phenyl ester is also a major product in benzene, indicative of reactions of both 4-thiazolyl radicals (2) and thiazole-4-carbonyloxy radicals. The 5-peroxide gives no products clearly diagnostic of 5-thiazolyl radicals (3) or thiazole-5-carbonyloxy radicals. Bicumyl is a major product of the reactions of the 4- and the 5-peroxides in cumene.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 1826-1831 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Evans ◽  
A. H. Sehon

The thermal decomposition of peracetic acid in toluene, benzene, and p-xylene was studied over the temperature range 75–95°C. The main products of decomposition were found to be CH4, CO2, CH3COOH; small amounts of methanol, phenols, and polymeric compounds were also detected.The rate of the overall decomposition was first order with respect to peracetic acid, and the results could be explained by postulating the participation of the two simultaneous reactions:[Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]The rate constant of reaction (1) was independent of the solvent, whereas k2 was dependent on the solvent. The ratio k2/k1 was about 10.


1947 ◽  
Vol 25b (2) ◽  
pp. 135-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Giguère

The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide vapour has been investigated at low pressures (5 to 6 mm.) in the temperature range 50° to 420 °C., for the purpose of determining the effect of the nature and treatment of the active surfaces. The reaction was followed in an all-glass apparatus and, except in one case, with one-litre round flasks as reaction vessels. Soft glass, Pyrex, quartz, and metallized surfaces variously treated were used. In most cases the decomposition was found to be mainly of the first order but the rates varied markedly from one vessel to another, even with vessels made of the same type of glass. On a quartz surface the decomposition was preceded by an induction period at low temperatures. Fusing the glass vessels slowed the reaction considerably and increased its apparent activation energy; this effect was destroyed by acid washing. Attempts to poison the surface with hydrocyanic acid gave no noticeable result. The marked importance of surface effects at all temperatures is considered as an indication that the reaction was predominantly heterogeneous under the prevailing conditions. Values ranging from 8 to 20 kcal. were found for the apparent energy of activation. It is concluded that the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide vapour is not very specific as far as the nature of the catalyst is concerned.


1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Zoghbi ◽  
John Warkentin

Twelve Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines in which C-2 is also C-4 of a β-lactam moiety (spiro-fused β-lactam oxadiazoline system) were thermolyzed as solutions in benzene. Substituents in the β-lactam portion affect the rate constant for thermal decomposition of the oxadiazolines to N2, acetone, and a β-lactam-4-ylidene. The total spread of first-order rate constants at 100 °C was 47-fold and the average value was 6.7 × 10−4 s−1. A phenyl substituent at N-1 or at C-3 was found to be rate enhancing, relative to methyl. At C-3, H and Cl were also rate enhancing, relative to methyl. The data are interpreted in terms of the differential effects of substituents on the stabilities of the ground states, and on the stabilities of corresponding transition states for concerted, suprafacial, [4π + 2π] cycloreversion. The first products, presumably formed irreversibly, are N2 and a carbonyl ylide. The latter subsequently fragments to form acetone (quantitative) and a β-lactam-4-ylidene.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 542-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Back ◽  
S. Yamamoto

The photolysis of glyoxylic acid vapour has been studied at five wavelengths, 382, 366, 346, 275, and 239 nm, and pressures from about 1 to 6 Torr, at a temperature of 355 K. Major products were CO2 and CH2O, initially formed in almost equal amounts, while minor products were CO and H2. Except at 382 nm, the system was complicated by the rapid secondary photolysis of CH2O. Three primary processes are suggested, each involving internal H-atom transfer followed by dissociation.The absorption spectrum is reported and shows the three distinct absorption systems. A finely-structured spectrum from about 320 to 400 nm is attributed to a transition to the first excited π* ← n+ singlet state; a more diffuse absorption ranging from about 290 nm to a maximum at 239 nm is assigned to the π* ← n− state, while a much stronger absorption beginning below 230 nm is attributed to the π* ← π transition. Product ratios vary with wavelength and depend on which excited state is involved.The thermal decomposition was studied briefly in a static system at temperatures from 470 to 710 K and pressures from 0.4 to 8 Torr. Major products were again CO2 and CH2O, but the latter was always less than stoichiometric. First-order rate constants for the apparently homogeneous formation of CO2 are described by Arrhenius parameters log A (s−1) = 7.80 and E = 30.8 kcal/mol. Carbon monoxide and H2 were minor products, and the CO/CO2 ratio increased with increasing temperature and showed some surface enhancement at lower temperatures. The SF6-sensitized thermal decomposition of glyoxylic acid, induced by a pulsed CO2 laser, was briefly studied, with temperatures estimated to be in the 1100–1600 K range, and the CO/CO2 ratio increased with increasing temperature, continuing the trend observed in the static system.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 2945-2948 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-R. Cao ◽  
R. A. Back

The thermal decomposition of cyclobutane-1,2-dione has been studied in the gas phase at temperatures from 120 to 250 °C and pressures from 0.2 to 1.5 Torr. Products were C2H4 + 2CO, apparently formed in a simple unimolecular process. The first-order rate constant was strongly pressure dependent, and values of k∞ were obtained by extrapolation of plots of 1/k vs. 1/p to1/p = 0. Experiments in a packed reaction vessel showed that the reaction was enhanced by surface at the lower temperatures. Arrhenius parameters for k∞, corrected for surface reaction, were log A (s−1) = 15.07(±0.3) and E = 39.3(±2) kcal/mol. This activation energy seems too low for a biradical mechanism, and it is suggested that the decomposition is probably a concerted process. The vapor pressure of solid cyclobutane-1,2-dione was measured at temperatures from 22 to 62 °C and a heat of sublimation of 13.1 kcal/mol was estimated.


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