Exploratory studies of the photochemistry of N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione esters. Generation of excited radicals by laser flash photolysis and in a conventional fluorescence spectrometer
Photochemistry of N-Hydroxypyridine-2-thione Derivatives: Involvement of the 2-Pyridylthiyl Radical in the Radical Chain Reaction Mechanism
摘要:
The primary and subsequent photochemistry of four N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione esters has been investigated by laser flash photolysis (lambda(exc) = 355 nm). A simple, high-yield synthetic method is given for their preparation with high purity. UV irradiation of these ester compounds was shown to lead specifically to the formation of benzyl, diphenylmethyl, tert-butyl, and benzoyloxyl radicals in addition to the 2-pyridylthiyl radical. in all cases, the initial photoinduced nitrogen-oxygen bond cleavage was found to occur in high quantum yield (Phi(N-O) approximate to 0.5) The radical species generated by this process (2-pyridylthiyl radical and carbon-centered or oxygen-centered radicals) were characterized and their reactivity toward several radical scavengers has been studied. An efficient delayed depletion of the N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione esters was also observed, leading to overall bleaching quantum yields, (Phi(B1), close to unity. We have demonstrated that the delayed consumption of ground-state ester was due to the reaction of the 2-pyridylthiyl radical with its precursor, occurring with a rate constant, k(r), of 3-4 x 10(9) M(-1) s(-1). This reaction, hitherto never proposed, leads to the formation of 2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide and further release of propagating radicals.
作者:Derek H.R. Barton、Dominique Bridon、Isabel Fernandaz-Picot、Samir Z. Zard
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)86878-2
日期:1987.1
Esters (mixed anhydrides) derived from aliphatic or alicyclic carboxylic acids (RCO2H) and thiohydroxamic acids or undergo a thermally or photochemically induced radical chain reaction to give sulphides with loss of carbon dioxide. On irradiation at low-temperature however, the chain reaction is essentially supressed. Under these conditions moderate to good yields of dimers R-R are obtained from primary