Substituent Effects on the Nonradical Reactivity of 4-Dehydropyridinium Cation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-29-2012
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the reactivity of the 4-dehydropyridinium cation significantly differs from the reactivities of its isomers toward tetrahydrofuran. While only hydrogen atom abstraction was observed for the 2- and 3-dehydropyridinium cations, nonradical reactions were observed for the 4-isomer. In order to learn more about these reactions, the gas-phase reactivities of the 4-dehydropyridinium cation and several of its derivatives toward tetrahydrofuran were investigated in a Fourier transform ion electron resonance mass spectrometer. Both radical and nonradical reactions were observed for most of these positively charged radicals. The major parameter determining whether nonradical reactions occur was found to be the electron affinity of the radicals-only those with relatively high electron affinities underwent nonradical reactions. The reactivities of the monoradicals are also affected by hydrogen bonding and steric effects.
DOI
10.1021/jp2101557
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Jankiewicz, Bartłomiej J.; Gao, Jinshan; Reece, Jennifer N.; Vinueza, Nelson R.; Narra, Padmaja; Nash, John J.; and Kenttämaa, Hilkka I., "Substituent Effects on the Nonradical Reactivity of 4-Dehydropyridinium Cation" (2012). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 248.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/248