Absolute Rate Constants for Iminyl Radical Reactions.
The kinetics of cyclization of the 2-methyl-6,6-diphenyl-5-hexeniminyl radical (3) were measured by laser flash photolysis methods from 0 to 50 degrees C, and the kinetics of trapping of radical 3 by thiophenol and p-chlorothiophenol were determined between 4 and 83 degrees C by indirect methods using the unimolecular rate constants as the basis values. Radical 3 cyclizes with a rate constant of 2.2 x 10(6) s(-)(1) at 25 degrees C and reacts with thiophenol and p-chlorothiophenol at this temperature with rate constants of 0.6 and 1.4 x 10(7) M(-)(1) s(-)(1), respectively. Bu(3)SnH reacted with 3 too slowly to prevent nearly complete cyclization, but a crude rate constant for the trapping reaction was estimated. The cyclization and trapping reactions of iminyl radical 3 are slower than the corresponding reactions of alkyl radicals.
Le Tadic-Biadatti
Marie-Helene
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Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Associé au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France, and Institue de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, F-91198 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.
Callier-Dublanchet
Anne-Claude
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Horner
John H.
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Quiclet-Sire
Béatrice
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Zard
Samir Z.
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Newcomb
Martin
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