Pulse polarograms for 1-iodo-5-decyne in dimethylformamide containing tetramethylammonium perchlorate exhibit two waves. At potentials corresponding to the first wave, electrolysis of 1-iodo-5-decyne at mercury results in 5-decynyl radicals that (i) adsorb onto and interact with the mercury electrode to give 5-decynylmercury radicals which disproportionate into di-bdecynylmercury or (ii) cyclize and then accept a hydrogen atom to yield pentylidenecyclopentane. At potentials on the second wave, reduction of 1-iodo-5-decyne is largely a two-electron process leading to the 5-decynyl carbanion which is protonated by water in the solvent-supporting electrolyte to yield 5-decyne and hydroxide ion; hydroxide ion then attacks unreduced starting material to give 1-decen-5-yne and 5-decyn-1-01. In the presence of excess proton donor (diethyl malonate), neither 1-decen-5-yne nor 5-decyn-1-01 is obtained, but diethyl 5-decynylmalonate is produced, the quantity of 5-decyne is increased, and the coulometric n value is raised. Pulse polarograms for 1-bromo-5-decyne show a single wave. For reduction of l-bromo-5-decyne, the yields of 5-decyne and 1-decen-5-yne are comparable to those derived from 1-iodo-5-decyne; some di-&decynylmercury is produced, but no pentylidenecyclopentane is formed.The hydrolysis rate of 3,4-(methylenedioxy)-&nitrostyrene (S) has been measured in H20 and in 99% D20 buffer solutions from pH 4.9 to 10.6. The kinetic solvent isotope effect (KSIE), k(HzO)/k(DzO), is 6.2 at pH
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