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Resonance Raman Studies of Pulse Radiolytically Produced p-Aminophenoxyl Radical
Tripathi, G. N. R.,Schuler, Robert H.
, p. 1706 - 1710 (1984)
The p-aminophenoxyl radical produced in the pulse radiolytic oxidation of p-aminophenol in aqueous solution has been examined by time-resolved resonance Raman methods.Eight Raman bands of fundamental vibrations were observed at microsecond times and at ra
Hydrogen-bonding effects on the properties of phenoxyl radicals. An EPR, kinetic, and computational study
Lucarini, Marco,Mugnaini, Veronica,Pedulli, Gian Franco,Guerra, Maurizio
, p. 8318 - 8329 (2007/10/03)
The effect of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol (HFP) on the properties of phenoxyl radicals has been investigated. HFP produces large variations of the phenoxyl hyperfine splitting constants indicative of a large redistribution of electron spin density, which can be accounted for by the increased importance of the mesomeric structures with electric charge separation. The conformational rigidity of phenoxyl radicals with electron-releasing substituents is also greatly enhanced in the presence of HFP, as demonstrated by the 2 kcal/mol increase in the activation energy for the internal rotation of the p-OMe group in the p-methoxyphenoxyl radical. By using the EPR equilibration technique, we have found that in phenols the O-H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) is lowered in the presence of HFP because it preferentially stabilizes the phenoxyl radical. In phenols containing groups such as OR that are acceptors of H-bonds, the interaction between HFP and the substituent is stronger in the phenol than in the corresponding phenoxyl radical because the radical oxygen behaves as an electron-withdrawing group, which decreases the complexating ability of the substituent. In phenols containing OH or NH2 groups, EPR experiments performed in H-bond accepting solvents showed that the interaction between the solvent and the substituent is much stronger in the phenoxyl radical than in the parent phenol because of the electron-withdrawing effect of the radical oxygen, which makes more acidic, and therefore more available to give H-bonds, the OH or NH2 groups. These experimental results have been confirmed by DFT calculations. The effect of HFP solvent on the reactivity of phenols toward alkyl radicals has also been investigated. The results indicated that the decrease of BDE observed in the presence of HFP is not accompanied by a larger reactivity. The origin of this unexpected behavior has been shown by DFT computations. Finally, a remarkable increase in the persistency of the α-tocopheroxyl radical has been observed in the presence of HFP.
Free electron transfer from several phenols to radical cations of non-polar solvents
Ganapathi,Hermann,Naumov,Brede
, p. 4947 - 4955 (2007/10/03)
Electron-transfer reactions from phenols to parent radical cations of solvents were studied using pulse radiolysis. Phenols bearing electron-withdrawing, electron-donating and bulky substituents were investigated in non-polar solvents such as cyclohexane, n-dodecane, n-butyl chloride and 1,2-dichloroethane. The experiments revealed the direct, synchronous formation of phenoxyl radicals and phenol radical cations in all cases and in nearly the same relative amounts. This was explained by two competing electron-transfer channels which depend on the geometry of encounter between the parent solvent radical cations and the solute phenol molecules. The mechanism is analysed at a microscopic level, treating diffusion as a slow process and the local electron transfer as an extremely rapid event. Furthermore, the effect of various phenol substituents and solvent types on the electron-transfer mechanism and on the decay kinetics of the solute phenol radical cations was analysed. The results were further substantiated using a quantum chemical approach.
