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Thermodynamics and kinetics of carbon-carbon bond formation and heterolysis through reactions of carbocations with carbanions in solution

Conference · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5896644

Rate data are presented for the heterolysis of carbon-carbon bonds and their formation through coordination of resonance-stabilized carbocations and carbanions in acetonitrile solution at 25/sup 0/C. These rates were determined by NMR line broadening and by the T jump technique (in a solution containing 0.48 M supporting electrolyte). Preliminary results are given for a master equation to predict some heterolysis energies in solution as a complement to Benson's method for homolysis energies. The results provide for the first time an opportunity to compare the effects of structure variation on the kinetic and thermodynamic properties for such an ostensibly simple reaction in solution. On the basis of these results and many others which have appeared recently it may be appropriate to discard the reactivity selectivity principle as a useful principle for either prediction or interpretation. 69 references, 2 figures, 3 tables.

Research Organization:
Duke Univ., Durham, NC
OSTI ID:
5896644
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 90:3; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English