摘要:
Dibenzo[a,o]perylene (helianthrene = HEL), known to be a very reactive singlet molecular oxygen (O-1(2), 1-DELTA-g) acceptor, also reacts with molecular oxygen in its triplet ground state (O-3(2), 3-SIGMA(g)-) to form helianthrene endoperoxide (HELPO). The thermal endoperoxide formation was studied in several solvents at r m temperature. In nonpolar solvents such as toluene and carbon disulfide the temperature-dependent equilibrium, HEL + O-3(2) reversible HELPO, is established by the thermolysis of HELPO even at low temperatures. Kinetic parameters for the HELPO formation in toluene are DELTA-H double dagger = 10.2 +/- 1.0 kcal mol-1 and DELTA-S double dagger = -39 +/- 5 eu, indicating that O-1(2) is not involved in the reaction pathway. This is the first example of aromatic endoperoxide formation by reaction with molecular oxygen in its ground state.