Rate constants for the addition of methyl radicals to propene

Author(s):  
Roy R. Baldwin ◽  
Annette Keen ◽  
Raymond W. Walker
1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Ayscough ◽  
E. W. R. Steacie

A study of the reactions of trifluoromethyl radicals, produced by the photolysis of hexafluoroacetone, with propane, n-butane, and isobutane has been made. The rate constants of the hydrogen-abstraction reactions have been determined at temperatures between 27 °C and 119 °C and the activation energies found to be 6.5 ± 0.5, 5.1 ± 0.3, and 4.7 ± 0.3 kcal./mole respectively. These values are compared with those obtained for the reactions with methane and ethane, and with the corresponding reactions of methyl radicals.


1995 ◽  
Vol 99 (35) ◽  
pp. 13126-13131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Masaki ◽  
Shigeru Tsunashima ◽  
Nobuaki Washida

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
NL Arthur ◽  
JC Biordi

Rate constants for the recombination of CH3 radicals have been measured by means of the rotating sector technique in the temperature range 373- 463 K, and at a pressure of 30 Torr . CH3 radicals were produced by the photolysis of acetone, and the experimental data were fitted to sector curves generated from Shepp's theory. The results give kb = (2.81�0.22)×1013 cm3 mol-1 s-1, which, under the chosen experimental conditions, is close to its high-pressure limiting value. A comparison is made with the other values of the rate constant reported in the literature, and a best value is suggested.


1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1123-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Newcomb ◽  
Seung-Yong Choi ◽  
Patrick H Toy

The kinetics of ring openings of a series of eight (trans-2-arylcyclopropyl)methyl radicals (1) were studied by indirect kinetic methods using Barton's PTOC esters as radical precursors and reaction with PhSeH as the competition reaction. The substituents were CF3, F, Me, and OMe located on both the para and meta positions of the aromatic ring. Syntheses of the radical precursors and the products of the radical reactions are described. Kinetics were determined between -43 and 25°C in four cases (CF3 and OMe substituents) and at 0 and 25°C in the other four cases. The rate constants at 25°C ranged from 1.0 × 1011 s-1 (p-CH3) to 4.1 × 1011 s-1 (p-CF3). The relatively large acceleration of the p-CF3 group, ca. 2.5 times as fast as the parent system with Ar = Ph, correlates well with Adam's ΔD substituent parameters but not with other radical substituent parameters. These calibrated radical rearrangements provide a new set of ultrafast reactions that can be applied in mechanistic probe studies.Key words: cyclopropylcarbinyl radical, kinetics, PTOC esters, benzeneselenol.


1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Rizzardo ◽  
AK Serelis ◽  
DH Solomon

Cumyloxy (1-methyl-1-phenylethoxy) radicals have been generated by thermolysis (60�) of dicumyl hyponitrite in methyl methacrylate and styrene. The carbon-centred radicals formed by interaction of cumyloxyl with the respective monomers were trapped as stable adducts of 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-isoindolin-2-yloxyl. Extensive hydrogen atom abstraction and methyl radical generation as well as double-bond addition were observed in methyl methacrylate. Styrene underwent only double-bond addition by both cumyloxy and methyl radicals. Some possible implications of these results for polymer structure are discussed. A kinetic study of the decomposition of dicumyl hyponitrite in cyclohexane at various temperatures gave k=7.7 × 1014exp(-13600/T) s-1 for the rate constant. Rate constants for the addition of cumyloxyl to methyl methacrylate (k ≈ 2 × 104 dm3 mol-1 s-1) and styrene (k≈2 × 105 dm3 mol-1 s-1) at 60�have been estimated.


A reaction scheme analogous to that used for the higher paraffins (Blackmore & Hinshelwood 1962 b ) is tested for its applicability to the thermal decomposition of ethane and its inhibition by nitric oxide. Ethane constitutes a limiting case for the paraffin series, in that Hatomsre ­place methyl radicals as chain-carrying species. The individual rate constants of the reaction steps are estimated on the basis of this scheme, and will all conform satisfactorily to the general pattern of variation in the homologous series, allowance being made for the discontinuous increase expected when an H atom appears instead of a methyl radical.


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