Rate constants for 5-exo cyclizations of the 6,6-diphenyl-5-hexenyl radical (1a), the 1-methyl-6,6-diphenyl-5-hexenyl radical (1b), and the 1,1-dimethyl-6,6-diphenyl-5-hexenyl radical (1c) were
measured by laser flash photolysis methods, and Arrhenius parameters for these cyclizations were
determined. Relative rate constants for cyclizations of radicals 1 and reactions with benzeneselenol
were determined by indirect kinetic methods, and the relative Arrhenius parameters for the
competing reactions were combined with the parameters for the cyclization reactions to give absolute
Arrhenius parameters for the PhSeH reactions. At 20 °C, PhSeH reacts with the 1°, 2°, and 3°
radicals 1 with nearly the same rate constants, (1.2 ± 0.1) × 109 M-1 s-1. Absolute Arrhenius
parameters for reactions of PhSH and t-BuSH with the primary alkyl radical 1a were calculated
using literature values for the competition between cyclization of 1a and reactions with the
appropriate thiol and the absolute values for cyclization of 1a determined in this work. The results
suggest that rate constants for reactions of primary alkyl radicals with t-BuSH are about 20%
smaller than those previously reported. In the case of PhSH, the results are in good agreement
with one previously reported set of rate constants but about 35% smaller than another set of rate
constants that was subsequently incorporated into fast alkyl radical kinetics. The rate constants
for alkyl radical reactions calibrated by competition against reaction with PhSeH and PhSH
apparently are 30−40% smaller than those previously reported, and the derived rate constants for
the fast radical reactions should be adjusted. An especially noteworthy example is ring opening of
the cyclopropylcarbinyl radical, the Arrhenius function for which was determined in part from PhSH
trapping results. Using the adjusted rate constants for PhSH and recalculating the Arrhenius
parameters for the cyclopropylcarbinyl radical ring opening gives log(k/s-1) = (13.045 ± 0.10) −
(6.99 ± 0.09)/θ (kcal/mol, errors at 2σ); the rate constant at 20 °C of 6.7 × 107 s-1 is about 13%
smaller than that previously calculated.
4-Nitrobenzenesulfenate esters were used as precursors for the generation of alkoxyl radicals under laser flash photolysis conditions. The esters were efficiently cleaved using the Nd:YAG third harmonic (355 nm) to produce alkoxyl radicals and the 4-nitrobenzenethiyl radical. Rate constants for beta-scission and 1, 5-hydrogen abstraction reactions of alkoxyl radicals were measured.
The 1-(diethylcarbamoyl)-6,6-diphenyl-5-hexenyl radical (4a), the 1-(diethylcarbamoyl)-7,7-diphenyl-6-heptenyl radical (4b), and the 1-(diethylcarbamoyl)-1-methyl-6,6-diphenyl-5-hexenyl radical (4c) were produced from the corresponding PTOC esters (anhydrides of the carboxylic acid and N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione) by laser flash photolysis methods. The kinetics of cyclizations of radicals 4a and 4b were measured at various temperatures, and that of cyclization of 4c was measured at ambient temperature. Radicals 4a and 4b were employed as radical clocks in indirect kinetic studies to determine rate constants for reaction of secondary alpha-amide radicals with Bu(3)SnH. The calibrated tin hydride trapping reaction was then employed to determine rate constants for cyclization of the 1-(diethylcarbamoyl)-5-hexenyl radical (12). The rate constants for 5-exo cyclizations of secondary alpha-amide radicals are similar to those of their isostructural alkyl radical analogues. The rate constants for the 5-exo cyclization of tertiary alpha-amide radical 4c and the 6-exo cyclization of the secondary alpha-amide radical 4b are smaller than those of the analogous alkyl radicals and alpha-ester substituted radicals, apparently due to steric effects. The rate constants for tin hydride trapping of secondary alpha-amide radicals are similar to those for reactions with secondary alpha-ester radicals.
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