This paper reports a study of the dimerisation of ester radicals arising from the thermolysis and photolysis of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBPO) and dicumyl peroxide [DCPO, bis(α,α-dimethylbenzyl) peroxide] in neopentyl butanoate and a selection of structurally related neopentyl esters, in the temperature range 298 to 438 K. The acyl moieties of these esters were chosen to incorporate a variety of structural types to provide mechanistic information about the reactions. At 438 K, the thermolyses of DTBPO and DCPO in neopentyl butanoate give six ester radical dimers (three pairs of diastereoisomers). The two major diastereoisomers threo- and meso-dineopentyl 2,3-diethylbutanedioate have been prepared and the crystal structure of the meso compound determined. Interestingly, the dimer product distribution is independent of the peroxide used. By contrast, at 298 K more than twice as many dimers are observed and the product distributions from the two peroxides are no longer the same. Similar results are also observed for the other neopentyl esters. Evidence is presented to show that the ester radicals arise from hydrogen atom abstraction from the esters by alkoxyl and methyl radicals; the latter being formed by the fragmentation of the alkoxyls. At 438 K the dimer product distributions are determined predominantly by a thermodynamically controlled equilibrium of ester radicals prior to dimerisation. Lowering the temperature leads to the increased importance of kinetic effects in determining the product distribution.
本文报道了在温度范围298至438 K下,
新戊酸新戊酯及一系列结构相关的
新戊酯中,过氧化二叔丁酯(
DTBPO)和二枯基过氧化物[DCPO,双(α,α-二甲基苄基)过氧化物]的热解和光解产生的酯基自由基二聚反应研究。这些酯的酰基部分被选定为包含多种结构类型,以便提供反应机理信息。在438 K温度下,
DTBPO和DCPO在
新戊酸新戊酯中的热解得到六种酯自由基二聚体(三对非对映异构体)。两种主要的非对映异构体,赤型二新戊基
2,3-二乙基丁二酸酯和内消旋二新戊基
2,3-二乙基丁二酸酯已被合成,并测定了内消旋化合物的晶体结构。有趣的是,二聚产物分布与所用过氧化物无关。相比之下,在298 K温度下观察到超过两倍的二聚体,且两种过氧化物的产物分布不再相同。在其他
新戊酯中也观察到类似的结果。研究表明,酯自由基来源于烷氧基和
甲基自由基从酯中抽取氢原子,后者是通过烷氧基的裂解形成的。在438 K时,二聚体产物分布主要由酯自由基二聚前的热力学控制平衡决定。降低温度使得动力学效应在决定产物分布中的作用增强。