Norrish Type II Photoelimination of Ketones: Clevage of 1,4-Biradicals Formed by -Hydrogen Abstraction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiran Rowell ◽  
Scott Kable ◽  
Meredith J. T. Jordan

Photolysis thresholds are calculated for the Norrish Type II (NTII) intramolecular γ-hydrogen abstraction reaction in 22 structurally informative carbonyl species. The B2GP-PLYP excited state <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> and <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> thresholds agree well with triplet quenching experiments. However, many linear-response methods deliver poor <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> energetics, which is explained by a <i>S</i><sub>1</sub>/<i>S</i><sub>0</sub> conical intersection in close proximity to the <i>S</i><sub>1 </sub>transition state. Multiconfigurational CASSCF calculations confirm a conical intersection features across all carbonyl classes. <div><br></div><div>Structure–activity relationships are determined that could be used in atmospheric carbonyl photochemsitry modelling. This is exemplified for butanal, whose NTII quantum yields are too low when used as a ‘surrogate’ for larger carbonyls, since butanal lacks the γ-substitution that stabilises the 1,4- biradical. Reaction on <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> dominates only in species where the <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> thresholds are high — typically ketones. The α, β-unsaturated carbonyls cannot cleave the α–β bond, causing them to photoisomerise. A concerted <i>S</i><sub>0</sub> NTII mechanism is calculated to be viable and may explain the recent detection of NTII photoproducts in the photolysis of pentan-2-one below the <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> threshold.</div>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiran Rowell ◽  
Scott Kable ◽  
Meredith J. T. Jordan

Photolysis thresholds are calculated for the Norrish Type II (NTII) intramolecular γ-hydrogen abstraction reaction in 22 structurally informative carbonyl species. The B2GP-PLYP excited state <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> and <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> thresholds agree well with triplet quenching experiments. However, many linear-response methods deliver poor <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> energetics, which is explained by a <i>S</i><sub>1</sub>/<i>S</i><sub>0</sub> conical intersection in close proximity to the <i>S</i><sub>1 </sub>transition state. Multiconfigurational CASSCF calculations confirm a conical intersection features across all carbonyl classes. <div><br></div><div>Structure–activity relationships are determined that could be used in atmospheric carbonyl photochemsitry modelling. This is exemplified for butanal, whose NTII quantum yields are too low when used as a ‘surrogate’ for larger carbonyls, since butanal lacks the γ-substitution that stabilises the 1,4- biradical. Reaction on <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> dominates only in species where the <i>S</i><sub>1</sub> thresholds are high — typically ketones. The α, β-unsaturated carbonyls cannot cleave the α–β bond, causing them to photoisomerise. A concerted <i>S</i><sub>0</sub> NTII mechanism is calculated to be viable and may explain the recent detection of NTII photoproducts in the photolysis of pentan-2-one below the <i>T</i><sub>1</sub> threshold.</div>


2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Herrmann

Photoirradiation of 2-oxoacetates (α-ketoesters) with UV-A light proceeds via an intramolecular hydrogen abstraction of the triplet state in a Norrish type II pathway to form carbonyl compounds, carbon monoxide and/or dioxide, and a series of other side products. This review gives a detailed overview of the mechanistic aspects of photooxidation by explaining the pathways that yield the major products formed in the presence or absence of oxygen. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the photoreaction can be used for the light-induced controlled release of fragrances from non-polymeric profragrances, polymer conjugates and core-shell microcapsules in applications of functional perfumery. In the case of microcapsules, the gas formation accompanying the Norrish type II fragmentation can generate an overpressure that expands or cleaves the capsule wall to release fragrances and thus provides access to multi-stimuli responsive delivery systems.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1310-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P-Y. Lee ◽  
B. McAneney ◽  
J. E. Guillet

Studies of the photolysis of 4-methyl 3-hexanone and the iso-electronic 2-methoxy 3-pentanone have been made in hydrocarbon solution using light of wavelength 313 nm. The latter compound gives only Norrish type II products with a quantum yield of 0.19 ±.01. The former gives a predominance of type I products with a total quantum yield of 0.23 ±.01 and the quantum yield for type II is reduced to 0.10 ±.01. The predominant type I reaction appears to involve α-scission to give an ethyl and a 2-methyl butyryl radical, which suggests a "cage effect". It is suggested that the reason for the suppression of the type I reaction in 2-methoxy 3-pentanone is the greater ease of γ-hydrogen abstraction due to the presence of the oxygen atom in a six-membered transition state.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 2719-2725 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Goswami ◽  
Paul de Mayo ◽  
N. Ramnath ◽  
G. Bernard ◽  
N. Omkaram ◽  
...  

Dianin's compound (4-p-hydroxyphenyl-2,2,4-trimethylchroman) serves as host in a series of well-defined clathrate inclusion complexes with eleven linear, as well as branched chain, phenyl alkyl ketone guest molecules, chosen for their ability to undergo the Norrish type I and type II photochemical reactions in solution. The photochemical reactivity of the guest ketones within the clathrate cavity was determined by irradiation of the inclusion complexes in the solid state. The results were compared to the photoreactivity of the ketones in polar as well as nonpolar liquid media. In general, the inclusion complex medium brings about an enhancement of type I over type II reactivity and causes an increase in type II fragmentation compared to type II cyclization. This change in reactivity is interpreted as resulting from the relatively restricted environment of the clathrate cavity coupled with the greater motion required for the type II process (γ-hydrogen abstraction) compared to the type I reaction (α-cleavage), as well as from the greater steric requirements for type II cyclization (cyclobutanol formation) as compared to type II cleavage (1,4-hydroxybiradical scission).


1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 2007-2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Klán ◽  
Jaromír Literák

Temperature dependent solvent effects have been investigated on the Norrish Type II reaction of 1-phenylpentan-1-one and its p-methyl derivative. Efficiencies of the photoreaction were studied in terms of solvent polarity and base addition as a function of temperature. Such a small structure change as the p-methyl substitution in 1-phenylpentan-1-one altered the temperature dependent photoreactivity in presence of weak bases. The experimental results suggest that the hydrogen bonding between the Type II biradical intermediate OH group and the solvent is weaker for 1-(4-methylphenyl)pentan-1-one than that for 1-phenylpentan-1-one at 20 °C but the interactions probably vanish in both cases at 80 °C.


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