Journal of the American Chemical Society

Stabilization energy of polyenyl radicals: all-trans-nonatetraenyl radical by thermal rearrangement of a semirigid {4-1-2} heptaene. Model for thermal lability of. beta.- …

WE Doering, K Sarma

Index: Doering, W. Von E.; Sarma, Keshab Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992 , vol. 114, # 15 p. 6037 - 6043

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Abstract

Abstract: Evaluation of the stabilization energy of the nonatetraenyl radical directly from the enthalpy of activation of the thermal anti-syn rearrangement of a semirigid nonaene having a symmetrical distribution (4-1-4) of double bonds is thwarted by insolubility. Indirect comparison of the enthalpy of activation of an unsymmetrical (4-1-2) heptaene with that of an already determined symmetrical (2-1-2) pentaene leads to an inferred enthalpy of ...