THE INHIBITED AUTOXIDATION OF STYRENE: PART I.THE DEUTERIUM ISOTOPE EFFECT FOR INHIBITION BY 2,6-DI-tert-BUTYL-4-METHYLPHENOL

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1851-1864 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Apparent Absence ◽  
Elementary Reactions ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Rapid Exchange ◽  
Phenolic Inhibitor

Most previous work on the inhibition of autoxidation by phenols has indicated that the reaction involves abstraction of the phenolic hydrogen. However, the apparent absence of any appreciable deuterium isotope effect made it difficult to believe that abstraction could be rate controlling. The present work using styrene as the substrate, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl-phenol as the inhibitor, and azo-bis-isobutyronitrile as the initiator has shown that this reaction has an unexpectedly large isotope effect, e.g. ~10.6 at 65 °C. Previous failures to detect an isotope effect are attributed to the rapid exchange of deuterium which takes place between deuterated phenols and traces of moisture or other hydroxyl-containing compounds present in the substrate. Rate constants and activation energies for some of the elementary reactions in the inhibited and uninhibited oxidation of styrene have been measured. It is suggested that a compound which functions in the same way as a weak phenolic inhibitor is formed in the apparently uninhibited oxidation.

Reactions of trifluoromethyl radicals. V. Hydrogen abstraction from methyl acetate and methyl (2H3)Acetate

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1437
Author(s):  
NL Arthur ◽  
PJ Newitt
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Methoxy Group ◽  
Methyl Acetate ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effect ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Acetyl Group

Hydrogen abstraction by CF3 radicals from CH3COOCH3 and CD3COOCH3 has been studied in the temperature range 78-242°, and data have been obtained for the reactions: CF3 + CH3COOCH3 → CF3H+[C3H5O2] �������������(3) CF3 + CH3COOCH3 → CF3H+CH2COOCH3������������ (4) CF3 + CD3COOCH3 → CF3D+CD2COOCH3������������ (6) CF3 + CD3COOCH3 → CF3H+CD3COOCH2������������ (7) The corresponding rate constants, based on the value of 1013.36 cm3 mol-1 S-1 for the recombination of CF3 radicals, are given by (k in cm3 mol-1 s-1 and E in J mol-1): logk3 = (11.52�0.05)-(35430�380)/19.145T ���� (3)logk4 = (11.19�0.07)-(34680�550)/19.145T ���� (4)logk6 = (11.34�0.06)-(46490�490)/19.145T ���� (6)logk7 = (11.26�0.05)-(36440�400)/19.145T ���� (7)At 400 K, 59% of abstraction occurs from the acetyl group, and 41 % from the methoxy group. The kinetic isotope effect at 400 K for attack on the acetyl group is 25, due mainly to a difference in activation energies.

scholarly journals THE REACTION OF tert-BUTOXY RADICALS WITH 2,6-Di-tert-BUTYL-4-METHYLPHENOL AND 2,6-Di-tert-BUTYLPHENOL

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2807-2815 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Satisfactory Agreement ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Tert Butyl

The products of the reaction of t-butoxy radicals with 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol and 2,6-di-t-butylphenol in carbon tetrachloride have been analyzed quantitatively. There is a satisfactory agreement between the measured and calculated yields of t-butanol with both phenols. The deuterium isotope effect (kh/kd) for abstraction of the phenolic hydrogen from 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol is about 6.4.

The reactivity of allyl and propargyl alcohols with solvated electrons: temperature and solvent effects

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 839-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei M. Afanassiev ◽  
Kiyoshi Okazaki ◽  
Gordon R. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Allyl Alcohol ◽  
Trap Depth ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Solvated Electrons ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Tert Butyl Alcohol

The rate constants k1 for the reaction of solvated electrons with allyl alcohol in a number of hydroxylic solvents differ by up to two orders of magnitude and decrease in the order tert-butyl alcohol > 2-propanol > 1-propanol ≈ ethanol > methanol ≈ ethylene glycol > water. In methanol and ethylene glycol the rate constants (7 × 107 M−1 s−1 at 298 K) and activation energies (16 kJ/mol) are equal, in spite of a 32-fold difference in solvent viscosity (0.54 and 17.3 cP, respectively) and 3-fold difference in its activation energy (11 and 32 kJ/mol, respectively). The reaction in tert-butyl alcohol is nearly diffusion controlled and has a high activation energy that is characteristic of transport in that liquid (E1 = 31 kJ/mol, Eη = 39 kJ/mol). The activation energies in the other alcohols are all 16 kJ/mol, and it is 14 kJ/mol in water. They do not correlate with transport properties. The solvent effect is connected primarily with the entropy of activation. The rate constants correlate with the solvated electron trap depth. When the electron affinity of the scavenger is small, a favorable configuration of solvent molecules about the electron/scavenger encounter pair is required for the electron jump to take place. The behavior of the rate parameters for propargyl alcohol is similar to that for allyl alcohol, but k1, A1, and E1 are larger for the former. The ratio k(propargyl)/k(allyl) at 298 K equals 10.5 in water and decreases through the series, reaching 1.3 in tert-butyl alcohol. Rate parameters for several other scavengers are also reported.

Sterically Hindered Aromatic Compounds. VI. A Remote ε-Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effect in the Solvolysis of Perdeutero-2,4,6-tri-tert-butylbenzyl Chloride

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (21) ◽  
pp. 3171-3174 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Ross C. Barclay ◽  
John R. Mercer ◽  
Peter J. MacAulay
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effect ◽  
Inductive Effect ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Sterically Hindered

2,4,6-Tri-tert-butylbenzyl chloride deuterated at the three tert-butyl groups was synthesized. Conductimetric solvolysis studies of the normal and perdeutero-2,4,6-tri-tert-butylbenzyl chloride at 30.06 °C in 80% ethanol–water provides evidence for an inverse remote ε-deuterium isotope effect, kH/kD = 0.873−0.874. Under the same conditions the α-deuterium isotope effect was kH/kαD = 1.166 per deuterium, indicative of limiting solvolytic behavior. The remote ε-deuterium isotope effect for the perdeutero compound is discussed in terms of the inductive effect of deuterium and steric effects on the transition state conformation.

ABSOLUTE RATE CONSTANTS FOR HYDROCARBON AUTOXIDATION: III. α-METHYLSTYRENE, β-METHYLSTYRENE, AND INDENE

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1113-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Propagation Rate ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Order Process ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
First Order ◽  
Process Rate Constant ◽  
Propagation Rate Constant

Absolute rate constants for the copolymerization of α-methylstyrene and oxygen have been measured from 13 to 50 °C. The propagation and termination rate constants can be represented by[Formula: see text]Experiments with 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol at 65 °C have shown that C6H5C(CH3):CH2 and C6H5C(CD3):CD2 have the same propagation rate constant but that chain termination involves a deuterium isotope effect (kt)H/(kt)D ≈ 1.5.Absolute rate constants for the copolymerization of oxygen with β-methylstyrene and with indene at 30 °C showed that a significant fraction of the oxidation chains were terminated by a kinetically first order process (rate constant kx). The rate constants for β-methylstyrene and indene at 30 °C are kp = 51 and 142 l mole−1 s−1, kt = 1.6 × 107 and 2.5 × 107 l mole−1 s−1, and kx = 0.61 and 1.2 s−1, respectively. The propagation rate constant for indene can be separated into a rate constant for the copolymerization with oxygen (kadd = 128 l mole−1 s−1) and a rate constant for hydrogen atom abstraction (kabstr = 14 l mole−1 s−1). In the presence of heavy water the first order process for indene had a deuterium isotope effect (kx)/(kx)D2O ≈ 3.

Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon autoxidation. XV. The induced decomposition of some t-hydroperoxides

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 3797-3801 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effect ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
The Self ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Alkoxy Radical ◽  
Deuterium Isotope Effect ◽  
Alkoxy Radicals ◽  
Induced Decomposition ◽  
Alkylperoxy Radicals

The radical induced decomposition of several t-hydroperoxides at 30° has been studied. In the self reaction of t-alkylperoxy radicals the ratio of the rates of alkoxy radical diffusion from the cage to combination in the cage is essentially independent of the size of the t-alkyl group.The rate constant for abstraction from hydroperoxides of the hydroperoxidic hydrogen by alkoxy radicals is about 4 × 106 M−1 s−1 at 30°. This reaction has a deuterium isotope effect, kH/kD ≈ 5.The 1,1-diphenylethoxy radical undergoes a 1,2-phenyl shift to yield the 1-phenyl-1-phenoxyethyl radical more rapidly that it undergoes β-scission.

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