Generation and Reactivity toward Oxygen of Carbon-Centered Radicals Containing Indane, Indene, and Fluorenyl Moieties
- 25 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Vol. 68 (8), 3199-3204
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jo026666o
Abstract
Resonance-stabilized radicals containing indane, indene, and fluorenyl moieties exhibit attenuated reactivity toward oxygen. Rate constants of ∼105 M-1 s-1 were observed for the most stabilized radicals. The dependence of kOX (rate constant for radical trapping by oxygen) on the corresponding bond dissociation energies revealed that stereoelectronic effects are more important than steric effects in determining the low radical reactivity with oxygen. Scavenging by the nitroxide TEMPO was also examined, and revealed that in this case steric effects are more important than in the case of oxygen. The rate constants for the hydrogen abstraction by cumyloxyl and tert-butoxyl radicals generated thermally and photochemically have been determined in benzene, and were in the range of ca. (1−13) × 106 M-1 s-1, showing that benzylic stabilization has a modest effect on substrate reactivity as a hydrogen donor toward alkoxyl radicals.Keywords
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