ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Di-tert-butylnitroxide (DTBN) is the simplest of the stable nitroxide radicals and is only consumed at temperatures higher than 90°C or in the presence of very reactive substrates. The pyrolysis of DTBN in solution gives, at least at low conversion, 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane and di-tert-butylnitroxide-tert-butyl ether. The reaction involves, as the rate-limiting step, the cleavage of the C—N bond. This reaction takes place with an activation energy of 33 kcal/mol. DTBN is stable in the presence of styrene, aldehydes, hydrogen peroxide, α-methyl-N-ethyl nitrone, phenol, and triphenylmethane. On the other hand, it reacts readily with diethylhydroxylamine, ascorbid acid, ethanethiol, and hexanethiol. For the two former compounds the reaction involves a hydrogen transfer as the rate-determining step, and the reaction proceeds, a low conversion, with simple second-order kinetics. The reaction with the thiols is complex and shows a clear inductiontime.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.550121106
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