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Title: [4+2[sup +]] Diels-Alder cycloaddition to C[sub 60] and C[sub 70] radical cations in the gas phase. A comparison with solution

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100073a002· OSTI ID:7015654
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  1. York Univ., North York, Ontario (Canada)

Results of an experimental study using the selected-ion flow tube (SIFT) technique are reported for ion-molecule reactions of C[sub 60][sup [center dot]+] with a variety of cycloalkenes and acyclic and cyclic dienes at 294 [+-] 2 K in helium gas at a pressure of 0.35 [+-] 0.01 Torr. Addition is observed only with 1,3-cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene. Rate coefficients were measured to be 1.0 and 1.5 x 10[sup [minus]11] cm[sup 3] molecule[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1], respectively. No reactions, k < 3 x 10[sup [minus]12] cm[sup 3] molecule[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1], were observed with 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 1,3-pentadiene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, furan, and 1,4-cyclohexadiene. These results provide indirect evidence for the occurrence of a Diels - Alder cycloaddition with 1,3-cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadine. The addition reactions of these two molecules with C[sub 60][sup +] were found to be 5 [+-] 1 and 6 [+-] 2, respectively, faster than the addition reactions with C[sub 70][sup [center dot]+] for which rate coefficients of 2.0 and 2.5 x 10[sup [minus]12] cm[sup 3] molecule[sup [minus]1], respectively, were measured. 15 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.

OSTI ID:
7015654
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 98:22; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English