title: Kinetics of bimolecular decay of alpha-tocopheroxyl free radicals studied by ESR.
abstract: The kinetics of bimolecular decay of alpha-tocopheroxyl free radicals (T) was studied by ESR mainly in ethanol and heptanol solvents. A second-order kinetic law was observed during the whole course of reaction (-d[T]/dt = 2k[T]2) and the following rate constants were determined with good accuracy in the temperature range 281-321 K: ethanol: log(2k) = 8.2 +/- 0.5--(6.6 +/- 0.7 kcal/mol)/(2.3RT) M-1.s-1; heptanol: log(2k) = 6.1 +/- 0.4--(4.3 +/- 0.6 kcal/mol)/(2.3RT) M-1.s-1. The global rate constant clearly increases with solvent polarity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Radicalaire, UA 328 du CNRS, Université de Nancy I, Vandoeuvre, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rousseau-Richard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D005609:Free Radicals; D007700:Kinetics; D014810:Vitamin E
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D014810:Vitamin E