CARBONIUM ION RADICALS AND OXY RADICALS.
Abstract
The study concerns the comparison of ferrocenylmethyl derivatives (chlorides mostly) with benzyl derivatives with respect to unimolecular and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution. A quantitative comparison is found which allows the conclusion that the extreme reactivity of the former systems derives from the cyclopentadienide structure and not from the iron (See AD-624 364). Resonance stabilization by the cyclopentadienide moiety accounts for the reactivity and an elimination process accounts for the fact that the leaving anion and the iron assume a trans arrangement in the ionization of ferrocenylmethyl chloride or other derivatives. In addition, a study of the effect of viscosity on the chain length of radical induced decomposition of hydroperoxides has shown that the chain carrying process is diffusion of alkoxyl radicals (RO.) from a solvent cage containing (2RO.) and the chain termination is merely collapse of these radicals to ROOR within the cage. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 20, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0632825
Entities
People
- Teddy G. Traylor
Organizations
- University of California, San Diego