Nitrile-forming radical elimination reactions of 1-naphthaldehyde O-(4-substituted benzoyl)oximes activated by triplet benzophenone

Autor: Koji Yamada, Tetsutaro Igarashi, Kenta Tanaka, Tadamitsu Sakurai, Azusa Wakabayashi, Masaru Sato
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 183:205-211
ISSN: 1010-6030
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.03.019
Popis: It was found that 1-naphthaldehyde O -aroyloximes ( 1 ) preferentially adopting the anti -configuration undergo efficient triplet-sensitized reactions to give 1-cyanonaphthalene and monosubstituted benzenes as unimolecular radical elmination products along with syn - 1 . Negligible formation of 4-substituted benzoic acids strongly suggested the participation of simultaneous N–O and C( O)–Ar bond cleavages in the triplet excited-state anti -isomer. The logarithm of the k r /( k d + k i ) ratio (where k r is the rate constant for homolytic bond cleavage in triplet 1 , k d the rate constant for deactivation of the triplet anti -isomer, and k i is the rate constant for isomerization of triplet anti - 1 into syn - 1 ) used as a measure of the triplet-state reactivity of anti - 1 showed a negligible dependence on the substituent constant and solvent polarity. This finding was explained in terms of a very small contribution of the ionic structure to the transition-state for simultaneous N–O and C( O)–Ar bond cleavages.
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