82621-87-2Relevant articles and documents
Ground- and Excited-State Succinimidyl Radicals in Chain Reactions: A Reexamination
Skell, Philip, S.,Luening, Ulrich,McBain, Douglas S.,Tanko, James M.
, p. 121 - 127 (2007/10/02)
The succinimidyl radical chemistry reported earlier and previously attributed to the ? state is reproduced, leaving unsettled only its assignment to the ? and ? state.This chemistry, observed in the presence of small amounts of alkenes which scavenge bromine, includes the following: (1) additions to alkenes, (2) additions to arenes, (3) Cl-like substitution selectivities, and (4) ring-openings.The chemistry previously reported under the title "?" is neither as simple nor conclusive as thought earlier.As reported earlier, ring-opening is suppressed by inclusion of bromine, benzene, bromotrichloromethane, or larger amounts of alkenes.These observations indicate the presence of a different chain carrier, formerly labeled as S?.We show now that the S? explanation was not correct with addends benzene, bromotrichloromethane, and olefins, and we identify the specific competitive processes.Reactions in the presence of bromine still show evidence for a third hydrogen abstractor besides an imidyl radical and a bromine atom.At this time there is no unambiguous identification of this third chain intermediate.
