PERFLUORO-TERT-BUTYL, A REACTIVE, NEUTRAL, ELECTROPHILIC CARBON-CENTERED RADICAL PAR EXCELLENCE

Authors
AVILA DV INGOLD KU LUSZTYK J DOLBIER WR PAN HQ
Citation
Dv. Avila et al., PERFLUORO-TERT-BUTYL, A REACTIVE, NEUTRAL, ELECTROPHILIC CARBON-CENTERED RADICAL PAR EXCELLENCE, Tetrahedron, 52(38), 1996, pp. 12351-12356
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404020
Volume
52
Issue
38
Year of publication
1996
Pages
12351 - 12356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4020(1996)52:38<12351:PARNEC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Absolute rate constants for (CF3)(3)C-. addition to terminal olefins i ncrease by roughly a factor of 30 for every 1 eV decrease in the ioniz ation potential (IF) of the alkene. A similar decrease in IP increases the rate of addition of CF3. and n-C3F7. by a factor of only 3 or 4. The perfluoro-tert-butyl radical is, therefore, the most electrophilic , neutral carbon-centered radical to have been studied to date. Copyri ght (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd