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Title: Activity of deuterated aldehyde acetals in oxidation reactions

Journal Article · · J. Gen. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7129413

This paper studies the activity of acetals - 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane (I), 2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane (II), and 1,1-dipropoxyethane (III) - and their deuterated analogs - 2-methyl-D/sub 3/-1,3-dioxolane-2-D (Ia), 2-phenyl-1,3dioxolane-2-D (IIa), and 1,1-dipropoxyethane-1,2,2,2-D/sub 4/ (IIIa) - in oxidation by ozone and oxygen. The replacement of hydrogen atoms at the acetal carbon by deuterium in I-III leads to a decrease in the ozonolysis and oxidation rate constants, indicating the predominant involvement of the C-H bond adjacent to the two heteroatoms. The increase in the kinetic isotope effect from 2 to 4 in going from formaldehyde derivatives to acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde derivatives is related to the increase in charge separation in the transition state of the reaction of acetals with ozone.

Research Organization:
Ufa Petroleum Institute
OSTI ID:
7129413
Journal Information:
J. Gen. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 55:7,PT.2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English