IS A GAS-PHASE CANNIZZARO-TYPE REACTION PERSPECTIVE

Authors
SROUBKOVA L HORAK V ZAHRADNIK R
Citation
L. Sroubkova et al., IS A GAS-PHASE CANNIZZARO-TYPE REACTION PERSPECTIVE, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 62(2), 1997, pp. 147-153
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00100765
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
147 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-0765(1997)62:2<147:IAGCRP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Quantum chemical calculations for model processes CH2=O + CH2=O-radica l anion reversible arrow CH3O- + CH=O-. and C6H5CH=O + C6H5CH=O-radica l anion reversible arrow C6H5CH2O- + C6H5C=O-. indicate convincingly t heir endoergicity. Therefore, spontaneous gas-phase Cannizzaro-type re action between formaldehyde and benzaldehyde and their radical anions is unlikely to occur. This suggests a significant difference between t he gas phase reaction under investigation and the classical Cannizzaro reaction.