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

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.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang-Yuan Jou ◽  
Gordon R. Freeman

The optical absorption spectra of solvated electrons in water, alcohols, and tetrahydrofuran are empirically resolved into two Gaussian bands and a continuum tail. The first Gaussian band covers most of the low energy side of the spectrum. The second Gaussian band lies at an energy slightly above that of the absorption maximum of the total spectrum. With the exception of tert-butyl alcohol, in water and alcohols the following were observed: (a) the first Gaussian bands have the same half-width, but the oscillator strength in water is about double that in an alcohol;(b) the second Gaussian bands have similar half-widths and oscillator strengths; (c) the continuum tails have similar half-widths, yet that in water possesses only about one third as much oscillator strength as one in an alcohol. In tert-butyl alcohol and tetrahydrofuran the first Gaussian band and the continuum tail each carry nearly half of the total oscillator strength.



1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (24) ◽  
pp. 4808-4809 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Yip ◽  
H. O. Pritchard

The thermal decomposition of di-tert-butyl peroxide in the presence of propane has been studied at total pressures up to 100 atm. At the highest propane concentrations, the major product of the decomposition is tert-butyl alcohol, and extrapolation to infinite propane pressure indicates that the initial step in the peroxide decomposition is exclusively the formation of two tert-butoxy radicals. The activation energy for the abstraction of hydrogen from propane by t-BuO radicals is discussed.



1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1060-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter James Smith ◽  
Jyotsna Pradhan

The solvolytic reaction of several 9-(ortho-substituted phenylmethyl)fluoren-9-yltrimethylammonium salts has been investigated in several different solvents. Substitution and elimination products were found for the reactions in all the solvents studied, with the exceptions that reaction in both tert-butyl alcohol and chloroform led exclusively to the alkene product. The observed rate constants for alkene formation and the percent alkene were measured and it was found that the di-ortho compounds reacted at a faster rate but produced less alkene than the reaction of the corresponding mono-ortho salts. Hydrogen–deuterium isotope effects were also determined for the various reactions. The results are discussed in terms of the reaction proceeding by way of the E1 mechanism, where steric acceleration promotes the loss of the bulky ammonium leaving group to give the carbocation intermediate.



2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor M Bergfeldt ◽  
William L Waltz ◽  
Xiangrong Xu ◽  
Petr Sedlák ◽  
Uwe Dreyer ◽  
...  

The photochemical and photophysical behavior of the aqueous uranyl ion [UO2(H2O)5]2+ has been studied under the influence of visible light and with added perchloric acid over the range of 0.01–4 M. In the presence of 2-methylpropane (isobutane), photo-oxygenation of isobutane occurs to yield, as the major product, 2-methyl-2-propanol (tert-butyl alcohol) along with lesser amounts of 2-methyl-2-propene (isobutene) and other C1–C8 products. The quantum yield for formation of tert-butyl alcohol is independent of light intensity at the irradiation wavelength of 415 nm and of uranyl concentration, but it increases from 0.016 ± 0.001 at 0.01 M HClO4 (pH 2) to 0.13 ± 0.01 at 4 M HClO4. The emission spectrum from the electronically excited uranyl ion and the associated quantum yields have been measured in the presence and absence of isobutane, as a function of added perchloric acid. While in both cases the shape of the spectrum remains invariant, the quantum yields increase with increasing perchloric acid concentration. The strong dependence on added perchloric acid is interpreted within the context of the presence and interconversion of two electronically excited species, an acid form, *[UO2(H2O)5]2+, and a base form, *[UO2(H2O)n(OH)]+. It is proposed that both forms react with isobutane to give a tert-butyl radical, and that oxidation of coordinated aqua ligands occur, the latter generating a hydroxyl radical whose reaction with isobutane rapidly leads also to a tert-butyl radical. The reaction of this alkyl radical with ground-state [UO2(H2O)5]2+ then gives rise to the stable tert-butyl alcohol product and reduced forms of uranyl ion. Based upon the values of the quantum yields and of excited-state lifetime measurements reported in the literature, a comprehensive mechanism has been developed in a quantitative manner to provide calculated values of the rate constants for the individual mechanistic steps. The calculated rate constants provide a basis to calculate the values of quantum yields for emission and chemical reaction, as well as for lifetimes, that agree very satisfactorily with the experimental values over a 400-fold concentration change in added perchloric acid.Key words: photo-oxidation, photo-oxygenation, uranyl ion, isobutane, tert-butyl alcohol, lifetime, quantum yield, acid–base dissociation.



1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oľga Vollárová ◽  
Ján Benko

The kinetics of oxidation of [Co(en)2SCH2COO]+ with S2O82- was studied in water-methanol and water-tert-butyl alcohol mixtures. Changes in the reaction activation parameters ∆H≠ and ∆S≠ with varying concentration of the co-solvent depend on the kind of the latter, which points to a significant role of salvation effects. The solvation effect on the reaction is discussed based on a comparison of the transfer functions ∆Ht0, ∆St0 and ∆Gt0 for the initial and transition states with the changes in the activation parameters accompanying changes in the CO-solvent concentration. The transfer enthalpies of the reactant were obtained from calorimetric measurements.



2021 ◽  
pp. 116913
Author(s):  
Márcio José da Silva ◽  
Diego Morais Chaves ◽  
Sukarno Olavo ferreira ◽  
Rene Chagas da Silva ◽  
Jose Balena Gabriel Filho ◽  
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