Homolytic dissociation of 1-substituted cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids: an EPR spectroscopic study of chain propagation†
作者:Leon V. Jackson、John C. Walton
DOI:10.1039/b104859g
日期:——
Hydrogen abstraction from 1-substituted cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids containing linear, branched and cyclic alkyl substituents, as well as allyl, propargyl (prop-2-ynyl), cyanomethyl and benzyl substituents, has been studied by EPR spectroscopy. For each carboxylic acid, EPR spectra of the corresponding cyclohexadienyl radicals were observed at lower temperatures, followed by spectra due to ejected carbon-centred radicals at higher temperatures. Rate constants, for release of the carbon-centred radicals from the cyclohexadienyl radicals, were determined from radical concentration measurements for the above range of substituents. The rate of cyclohexadienyl radical dissociation increased with branching in the 1-alkyl substituent and with electron delocalisation in the ejected carbon-centred radical; 3,5- and 2,6-dimethyl-substitution of the cyclohexadienyl ring led to reductions in the dissociation rate constants. Rate data for abstraction of bisallylic hydrogens from the cyclohexadienyl acids were also obtained for ethyl, n-propyl and isopropyl radicals. These results indicated a sharp drop in the rate of hydrogen abstraction as the degree of branching in the attacking radical increased. Small decreases in the hydrogen abstraction rate constants were observed for cyclohexadienes containing CO2R substituents.
通过电子顺磁共振(EPR)光谱研究了从含有线性、支化、环状烷基取代基以及烯丙基、炔丙基(丙-2-炔基)、氰基甲基和苄基取代基的1-取代环己-2,5-二烯-1-羧酸中提取氢的反应。对于每种羧酸,在较低温度下观察到相应的环己二烯基自由基的EPR谱,随后在较高温度下观察到由喷出的碳中心自由基引起的谱。通过对于上述范围的取代基的自由基浓度测量,确定了从环己二烯基自由基释放碳中心自由基的速率常数。环己二烯基自由基解离速率随着1-烷基取代基的分支增加和喷出的碳中心自由基的电子离域程度增加而加快;环己二烯环的3,5-和2,6-二甲基取代导致解离速率常数降低。还获得了从环己二烯羧酸中提取双烯丙基氢的速率数据,涉及乙基、正丙基和异丙基自由基。这些结果表明,随着攻击自由基的分支程度增加,氢提取速率急剧下降。环己二烯中含有CO2R取代基时,氢提取速率常数略有下降。