Effects of adjacent acceptors and donors on the stabilities of carbon-centered radicals

FG Bordwell, X Zhang, MS Alnajjar

Index: Bordwell; Zhang, Xian-Man; Alnajjar, Mikhail S. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992 , vol. 114, # 20 p. 7623 - 7629

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Abstract

Abstract: The radical stabilization energies (RSEs) for 21 radicals, GCH;, where G is an electron donor or acceptor group, were estimated from differences in homolytic CH bond dissociation energies (ABDEs relative to that of methane). These RSEs were found to agree reasonably well in order with theoretically calculated RSEs that have been reported and with those obtained by averaging RSEs from nine different methods (a literature RRS, scale). ...