Kinetic EPR studies of the decay of tert-butyl alkoxy, silyloxy, germyloxy, and stannyloxy nitroxides
摘要:
The kinetics of decomposition of oxynitroxides Me3CN(O.)OMR3, with R3M = Me3C, Bu3Sn, Ph3Ge, and Ph3Si, has been studied by EPR at different temperatures, and the activation parameters have been determined. While the first nitroxide undergoes cleavage at the nitrogen-oxygen bond more readily than at the nitrogen-carbon bond, the organometallic nitroxides essentially fragment with elimination of a tert-butyl radical with rates of fragmentation increasing, at ordinary temperatures, along the sequence Ph3Ge < Ph3Si < Ph3Sn. A very large reduction of the frequency factor for the decomposition was observed on descending the periodic table. This has been explained in terms of an equilibrium between the nitroxide adduct and its dimer; experimental evidence supporting the existence of this equilibrium has been obtained.
Reactions of ozonate and superoxide radical anions
作者:Alexander R. Forrester、Vemishetti Purushotham
DOI:10.1039/f19878300211
日期:——
Potassium ozonate has been prepared by reaction of ozone with potassium superoxide dispersed in Freon-12. Orange solutions of potassium ozonate in benzene or toluene containing 18-crown-6 react with nitrone traps to give spin adducts mainly derived from the oxide radicalanion, which is a decomposition product of the ozonate radicalanion. With 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane in toluene solution the ozonate
The auto-oxidation of trans-1,2-disiloxybenzocyclobutene 1 was found to be very efficient, giving endo-peroxide 7 in quantitative yield. Each step of the mechanism of spin-forbidden addition of triplet oxygen O2(3Σg) was studied by both EPR/spin trapping and theoretical studies.
The radical-initiated reaction of tris(trimethylsilyl)silane with a variety of aliphatic nitro derivatives has been investigated. This silane, which for many applications is a valid alternative to tributyltin hydride, is unable to reduce tertiary nitroalkanes to the corresponding hydrocarbons. EPR results, as well as kinetic and products studies, have shown that this ''anomalous'' behavior is due to the fact that the nitroxide adducts formed by addition of tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl radicals to the nitro compounds fragment preferentially at the nitrogen-oxygen bond rather than at the carbon-nitrogen bond as in the analogous tributyltin adducts. The resulting silyloxy radical, (Me3Si)3SiO+, undergoes a fast rearrangement (k greater-than-or-equal-to 10(7) s-1 at room temperature) with migration of a Me3Si group from silicon to oxygen to give (Me3Si)2SiOSiMe3 which adds to the nitro compound affording a secondary nitroxide adduct. The kinetics of the decay of both primary and secondary adducts to nitromethane has been studied over a wide range of temperatures. With tertiary nitroalkanes persistent aminyl radicals, RNOSi(SiMe3)3, have also been detected.