Signature was redacted for privacy.Signature was redacted for privacy.Signature was redacted for privacy. Table 1. Reactivities of compounds toward phenyl radicals at 600C Table 2. Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbon-hydrogen bonds on conqjounds of the type Z-CH^ toward the phenyl radical at 60°C Table 3. Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbon-hydrogen bonds on confounds of the type Z-CH2-CH3 toward the phenyl radical at 60°C l^le k. Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbon-hydrogen bonds on compounds of the type Z-CHfCHjig toward the phenyl radical at 60°C Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbonhydrogen bonds toward the phenyl radical at 60°C ^0Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbon-jhydrogen bonds on compounds which contain a five-membered ring toward the phenyl radical at ÔO^C Effects of functional groups on reactivities of carbon-hydrogen bonds on compounds containing a six-membered ring toward the phenyl radical at 60°CProducts of the complete decomposition of PAT in cyclohexane and carbon tetrachloride in the presence of oxygen at 60°C
INTRODUCTIONThe primary objective of this work was to establish a conqarehensive scale of the reactivities of hydrogen atoms °C to common functional groups toward the phenyl radical. Because of the experimental difficulties involved in measuring absolute rates of radicals in solution, the method of competitive reactions is generally used in solving such problems (l).In the competitive method two compounds are allowed to compete for some reactive intermediate. The necessary experimental data are similar to those required in a kinetic study except that the time variable has been eliminated. Experimentally all that is required is the measurement of either the disappearance of reactants or the appearance of products. In this work the appearance of products was measured by gas liquid chromatography (g .1 ,c.).The data obtained have the form of relative rates or relative reactivities. By determining the relative rates of reaction of appropiate model compounds it is possible to arrive at conclusions regarding the influence of molecular structure on the reactivities of individual bonds.Comparisons can also be made with similar data for other radicals and conclusions drawn concerning the reactivities and selectivities of the radicals.In the present work phenyl radicals were generated by the thermal decoDçiosition of phenylazotriphenylraethane. The relative reactivities of more than II4.O compounds toward the phenyl radical were investigated hy the method of competitive reactions using carbon tetrachloride as the reference solvent. All reactions were conducted at 60°C. The compounds Bipheryl resulting from the coupling of two phenyl radicals is seldom isolated as a product.In the case of phenylazotriphenylmethane as a phenyl radical source, Eliel and coworkers (9) suggest that removal of the hydrogen atom from the phenylcyclohexadieryl radical is accomplished by the triphenylmethyl radical so that t...