Photoisomerization of 2-Alkenes in the Presence of Hydrogen Sulfide

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (15) ◽  
pp. 2400-2406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy J. Collin ◽  
Patrick M. Perrin

In far u.v. photochemistry, the radicals formed react with hydrogen sulfide to give, amongst others, thiyl radicals (HS•). These radicals initiate the cis–trans isomerization of 2-olefins in a chain mechanism. We have tried to demonstrate that the thiyl radicals are also chain carriers. Quantum yields for the isomerization of cis to trans compound are probably of the order of 6–7 × 103 and the length of the chain, of the order of 4.7 × 103. We have also studied the radiolysis of these reactions in the liquid phase. The effect of oxygen and of conjugated di-olefins, such as 1,3-butadiene and 1,3-pentadiene is also discussed.

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1410-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna D. Carlson ◽  
Arthur R. Knight

The photolysis of C2H5SH liquid at 2537 Å has been shown to give H2 and C2H5SSC2H5 at equal rates with a quantum yield of 0.25. The photolysis of ethanethiol – methyl disulfide liquid mixtures leads, via a chain reaction involving propagation by attack of thiyl radicals on the disulfide S—S bond, to the formation with high quantum efficiency of CH3SH, C2H5SSC2H5 and, as an intermediate that is consumed after long exposures, CH3SSC2H5. The net result of the sequence of exchange processes is the essentially irreversible conversion of the methyl disulfide into methanethiol. The same overall reaction occurs thermally at room temperature, but the rate is appreciably less than that of the photochemical process. The quantum yields of formation of the unsymmetrical disulfides arising from the photochemically initiated exchange reaction in equimolar mixtures of CH3SSCH3 + n-C3H7SSC3H7 and C2H5SSC2H5 + n-C3H7SSC3H7 have been shown to be 6.9 and 4.4, compared to 355 for CH3-SSCH3 + C2H5SSC2H5 mixtures. In all three types of system examined in this investigation all thiyl radicals can be accounted for stoichiometrically on the basis of exchange and combination reactions alone, indicating negligible disproportionation of these species in condensed phase.


1932 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Hatcher ◽  
E. W. R. Steacie ◽  
Frances Howland

The kinetics of the oxidation of gaseous acetaldehyde have been investigated from 60° to 120 °C. by observing the rate of pressure decrease in a system at constant volume. A considerable induction period exists, during which the main products of the reaction are carbon dioxide, water, and formic acid. The main reaction in the subsequent stages involves the formation of peroxides and their oxidation products. The heat of activation of the reaction is 8700 calories per gram molecule. The indications are that the reactions occurring during the induction period are heterogeneous. The subsequent reaction occurs by a chain mechanism. The chains are initiated at the walls of the reaction vessel, and are also largely broken at the walls.


1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 593 ◽  
Author(s):  
HD Becker ◽  
BW Skelton ◽  
H Sorensen ◽  
AH White

(E)-9-(2-Nitropropeny1)anthracene and (E)-9-(2-nitro-2-phenylethenyl)anthracene have been prepared by piperidine-catalysed condensation of 9-anthraldehyde with nitroethane and nitro(phenyl)methane, respectively. The corresponding (Z)-compounds were obtained by photochemical isomerization, quantum yields of geometrical isomerlzation being measured in cyclohexane, benzene, dichloromethane and ethanol. In virtually all solvents the (Z)-isomers are favoured at the photostationary state. The structures of (E)- and (2)-942- nitro-2-phenylethenyl)anthracene have been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-559
Author(s):  
Guy J. Collin

The radiolysis of gaseous methane has been studied in the presence of one of the three methylbutenes. We have observed an important isomerization of the added olefin. An ionic mechanism initiated by the CH5+ and C2H5+ ions seems to be compatible with the observations reported. Isomerization proceeds through a chain mechanism where the chain carrier may be the tert-C5H11+ ion. In the presence of 3-methyl-1-butene, the initially formed (CH3)2CHCHCH3+ ion isomerizes to the tertiary structure before producing the observed isomerization.


2019 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junyan Li ◽  
Xi Ma ◽  
Guangfei Qu ◽  
Kang He ◽  
Pei Lv ◽  
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1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (22) ◽  
pp. 3915-3926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armel Rioual ◽  
André Deflandre ◽  
Jacques Lemaire

Mechanisms of the photosensitized cis–trans photoisomerization of 3-penten-2-one which do not imply only classical triplet–triplet energy transfer are proposed; they are based upon measurements of the variations of initial quantum yields of isomerization with the initial donor and acceptor concentrations, the wavelength of excitation, and the nature of the donor and of the solvent. Carbonyl donors (acetophenone, benzophenone, acetone) induce a radical isomerization by a chain process in reducing solvents; the example of acetophenone is specially interesting. In solvents in which the donor is not photoreduced (as benzene or CCl4) classical triplet–triplet energy transfers occur. Sensitization with aromatic donors (benzene, mesitylene) proceeds through triplet–triplet energy transfer at low concentrations of the acceptor. At higher concentrations of acceptor, an exciplex is formed between the ketone and the aromatic in its singlet excited state; this exciplex is deactivated by dissociation and by causing the isomerization of the α,β-unsaturated ketone.


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