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Title: Reactions of an excited state and of carbon- and sulfur-centere radicals with transition metal complexes

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6020347

The kinetics of the reductive quenching of the {sup 2}E excited state of CrL{sub 3}{sup 3+} (L=2,2{prime}-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and their substituted analogues) by Ti(3) were investigated at 25{degrees}C in 1.0 M LiCl-HCl. The dependence of the rate on hydrogen ion concentration indicates that both Ti(H{sub 2}O){sub 6}{sup 3+} and (H{sub 2}O){sub 5}Ti(OH){sup 2+} quench. Alkyl radicals, generated from the photohomolysis of organocobalt complexes, were allowed to react in aqueous solution with (H{sub 2}O){sub 2}CrL{sup 2+} (L=1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclopentadecane or (15)aneN{sub 4}). The reaction rates were evaluated by laser flash photolysis, using the known reaction between R* and the methyl viologen radical cation as a kinetic probe. Reactions of thiyl radicals (RS*) have been studied in aqueous solution using laser flash photolysis. One method used in this study involved generating alkyl radicals by photohomolysis of the cobalt-carbon bond in RCo((14)aneN{sub 4}){sup 2+} complexes with visible light. The carbon-centered radicals abstract a hydrogen atom from a thiol to form thiyl radicals. .

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
OSTI ID:
6020347
Report Number(s):
IS-T-1600; ON: DE92005154
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English