Absolute rate constants for hydrocarbon autoxidation. XIII. Aldehydes: photo-oxidation, co-oxidation, and inhibition

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (16) ◽  
pp. 3017-3029 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Zaikov ◽  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

The oxidations of acetaldehyde, heptanal, octanal, cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde, pivaldehyde, and benzaldehyde in chlorobenzene at 0 °C have been studied. These aldehydes oxidize at similar rates under similar conditions because there are compensating changes in the rate constants for chain propagation (kp) and chain termination (2kt). The termination rate constants increase from ∼7 × 106 M−1 s−1 for pivaldehyde and cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde to ∼2 × 109 M−1 s−1 for benzaldehyde. The propagation rate constants increase from ∼1 × 103 M−1 s−1 for pivaldehyde to ∼1 × 104 M−1 s−1 for benzaldehyde.The rate of oxidation of the aldehydes was decreased by the addition of 1,4-cyclohexadiene, tetralin, tetralin hydroperoxide, cumene, cumene hydroperoxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide, and 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol. As a result of product analysis and absolute rate constant measurements, it is concluded that the peroxy radicals derived from aldehydes are considerably more reactive in hydrogen atom abstraction from hydrocarbons than are the peroxy radicals derived from the hydrocarbons. In the abstraction from cyclohexadiene, the acylperoxy radicals appear to be from 15 to 70 times as reactive, and the benzoylperoxy radicals about 800–900 times as reactive, as the hydroperoxy radical. The differences in reactivity are very much less pronounced in the abstraction from 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol.The great ease of oxidation of all aldehydes, and particularly benzaldehyde, is due at least in part to the high reactivity of the peroxy radicals formed in these reactions.


1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 785-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

The hydroperoxy radical (HOO·) is the main chain propagating and terminating radical in the autoxidation of dilute solutions of 1,4-cyclohexadiene and 1,4-dihydronaphthalene in chlorobenzene at 30 °C. The absolute rate constant for the self-reaction of hydroperoxy radicals (chain termination) in nonpolar solvents is very much higher than previously reported values in aqueous media.



1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1017-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold ◽  
M. Symonds

Absolute rate constants have been measured for the reactions of cumylperoxy radicals with a number of hydrocarbons. The cumylperoxy radicals were produced from cumene hydroperoxide. Sufficient hydroperoxide was present to ensure that only cumylperoxy radicals were involved in the rate-determining propagation reaction.Primary and secondary deuterium isotope effects have been measured for propagation and termination in the oxidation of cumene. The rate of hydrogen atom abstraction from ring-substituted cumenes by cumylperoxy radicals can be correlated by the Hammett equation using σ+ substituent constants, ρ = −0.29. Primary and secondary peroxy radicals are about 3–5 times more reactive in hydrogen abstraction than tertiary peroxy radicals.



1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 793-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

Absolute rate constants have been measured for the autoxidation of a large number of hydrocarbons at 30 °C. The chain-propagating and chain-terminating rate constants depend on the structure of the hydrocarbon and also on the structure of the chain-carrying peroxy radical. With certain notable exceptions which are mainly due to steric hindrance, the rate constants for hydrogen-atom abstraction increase in the order primary < secondary < tertiary; and, for compounds losing a secondary hydrogen atom, the rate constants increase in the order unactivated < acyclic activated by a single π-electron system < cyclic activated by a single Π-system < acyclic activated by two π-systems < cyclic activated by two π-systems. The rate constants for chain termination by the self-reaction of two peroxy radicals generally increase in the order tertiary peroxy radicals < acyclic allylic secondary  [Formula: see text] cyclic secondary  [Formula: see text] acyclic benzylic secondary < primary peroxy radicals < hydroperoxy radicals.



1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (14) ◽  
pp. 2298-2304 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard

Absolute propagation and termination rate constants have been determined for the autoxidation of some vinyl compounds at 30°. Rates of propagation depend on the structure of both the peroxy radical and the vinyl compound. The reactivity of peroxy radicals towards addition increases as the electron-withdrawing capacity of the α-substituent increases. Rate constants for addition of t-butylperoxy radicals to vinyl compounds, [Formula: see text] fit the equation[Formula: see text]where Es is the estimated stabilization energy of the β-peroxyalkyl radical (in kcal/mol) formed in the addition reaction.



1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 873-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

Propagation and termination rate constants have been measured for autoxidation of benzyl phenyl ether, benzyl-t-butyl ether, isopropyl ether, and benzyl ether. In the case of isopropyl ether and benzyl ether, estimates have been made of inter- and intramolecular propagation rate constants. Reactivities of acyclic ethers towards the t-butylperoxy radical have been determined. Rate constants for autoxidation of cyclic and acylic ethers have been summarized and compared.



1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 2737-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

The effect of deuterium substitution on the absolute rate constants for the bimolecular chain termination process in the oxidation of styrene indicates that the α-hydrogen is abstracted in this reaction. The first order chain termination process is suppressed both by deuteration of styrene at the α-position and by the addition of heavy water. A possible mechanism for this termination is proposed. There appear to be small secondary deuterium isotope effects in the propagation reaction.The overall oxidation rates and the propagation rate constants are increased by the addition to the aromatic ring of both electron-attracting and electron-releasing substituents. This is attributed in the former case to the increased stability of the resulting styryl radicals and in the latter case to the increased stability of a dipolar transition state. In hydrogen atom abstraction from 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol, the peroxy radical from 3-chlorostyrene is more reactive than that from styrene which, in turn, is more reactive than the peroxy radical from 4-methoxy-styrene.



1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1113-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

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.



1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (16) ◽  
pp. 2655-2660 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

Rate constants have been measured for the chain-terminating self-reactions of six tertiary peroxy radicals. The rate constants vary from ~ 1 × 103 M−1 s−1 for t-butylperoxy to ~ 6 × 104 M−1 s−1 for 1,1-diphenylethylperoxy radicals. It is suggested that the variation in the rate constants may be related to differences in the stability of the alkoxy radical products of tetroxide decomposition.Rate constants for hydrogen atom abstraction from aralkanes by tertiary peroxy radicals do not seem to be significantly affected by the structure of the attacking radical.In solution the triphenylmethylperoxy radical probably exists in equilibrium with the triphenylmethyl radical and oxygen. Chain termination in oxidations involving the triphenylmethylperoxy radical as the chain carrier occurs by the reaction of this radical with a triphenylmethyl radical.



1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 3809-3815 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Howard ◽  
K. U. Ingold

The propagation and termination rate constants have been determined for the autoxidation of 1,4-dioxan, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrofuran, 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, and phthalan. The rate constants for α-hydrogen atom abstraction from some of the ethers by the tetralylperoxy radical and from tetralin by some ether peroxy radicals have been measured and compared. The chain transfer rate constants have been estimated for the reaction of the cumylperoxy radical with α-hydroperoxytetrahydrofuran, α-hydroperoxytetrahydropyran, and α-ethoxyethyl hydroperoxide.



2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (20) ◽  
pp. 6261-6272 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vranckx ◽  
J. Peeters ◽  
S. A. Carl

Abstract. The absolute rate constant for the reaction that is the major source of stratospheric NOx, O(1D)+N2O → products, has been determined in the temperature range 227 K to 719 K, and, in the temperature range 248 K to 600 K, the fraction of the reaction that yields O(3P). Both the rate constants and product yields were determined using a recently-developed chemiluminescence technique for monitoring O(1D) that allows for higher precision determinations for both rate constants, and, particularly, O(3P) yields, than do other methods. We found the rate constant, kR1, to be essentially independent of temperature between 400 K and 227 K, having a value of (1.37±0.11)×10−10 cm3 s−1, and for temperatures greater than 450 K a marked decrease in rate constant was observed, with a rate constant of only (0.94±0.11)×10−10 cm3 s−1 at 719 K. The rate constants determined over the 227 K–400 K range show very low scatter and are significantly greater, by 20% at room temperature and 15% at 227 K, than the current recommended values. The fraction of O(3P) produced in this reaction was determined to be 0.002±0.002 at 250 K rising steadily to 0.010±0.004 at 600 K, thus the channel producing O(3P) can be entirely neglected in atmospheric kinetic modeling calculations. A further result of this study is an expression of the relative quantum yields as a function of temperature for the chemiluminescence reactions (kCL1)C2H + O(1D) → CH(A) + CO and (kCL2)C2H + O(3P) → CH(A) + CO, both followed by CH(A) → CH(X) + hν, as kCL1(T)/kCL2(T)=(32.8T−3050)/(6.29T+398).



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