Addition reactions homolytic radicals

Redox and homolytic substitution reactions almost never directly form C—C, C—N and C—O bonds. Such bonds are generated in radical addition reactions (Scheme 14). Intermolecular addition reactions are presented in this chapter. Cyclization reactions have important similarities with, and differences from, bimolecular additions, and they are presented in Chapter 4.2 of this volume. Falling under the umbrella of addition reactions are radical eliminations (the reverse of addition) and radical migrations (which are usually, but not always, comprised of an addition and an elimination). 

There are very few homolytic reactions on triazolopyridines. A suggestion that the ring opening reactions of compound 1 involved free radical intermediates is not substantiated (98T9785). The involvement of radical intermediates in additions to ylides is discussed in Section IV.I. The reaction of radicals with compound 5 and its 1-substituted derivatives gives 4-substituted compounds such as 234 (96ZOK1085). A more detailed study of the reaction of the 1-methyl and 1-phenyl derivatives with r-butanol and ammonium persulfate produced 4-methyl substitution with a silver nitrate catalyst, and the side chain alcohol 235 without the catalyst (96ZOK1412). 

The competitive method employed for determining relative rates of substitution in homolytic phenylation cannot be applied for methylation because of the high reactivity of the primary reaction products toward free methyl radicals. Szwarc and his co-workers, however, developed a technique for measuring the relative rates of addition of methyl radicals to aromatic and heteroaromatic systems. - In the decomposition of acetyl peroxide in isooctane the most important reaction is the formation of methane by the abstraction of hydrogen atoms from the solvent by methyl radicals. When an aromatic compound is added to this system it competes with the solvent for methyl radicals, Eqs, (28) and (29). Reaction (28) results in a decrease in the amount... 

Having a weak O—O bond, peroxides split easily into free radicals. In addition to homolytic reactions, peroxides can participate in heterolytic reactions also, for example, they can undergo hydrolysis under the catalytic action of acids. Both homolytic and heterolytic reactions can occur simultaneously. For example, perbenzoates decompose into free radicals and simultaneously isomerize to ester [11]. The para-substituent slightly influences the rate constants of homolytic splitting of perester. The rate constant of heterolytic isomerization, by contrast, strongly depends on the nature of the para-substituent. Polar solvent accelerates the heterolytic isomerization. Isomerization reaction was proposed to proceed through the cyclic transition state [11]. 

In addition to homolytic decomposition, hydroperoxyl groups of polymer are decomposed in reactions with alkyl radicals (see Chapter 4). Such induced decomposition of POOH groups... 

The addition of silyl radicals to double bonds in benzene or substituted benzenes (Reaction 5.2) is the key step in the mechanism of homolytic aromatic substitution with silanes [8,9]. The intermediate cyclohexadienyl radical 2 has been detected by both EPR and optical techniques [21,22]. Similar cyclohex-adienyl-type intermediates have also been detected with heteroaromatics like furan and thiophene [23]. 

Additions. Homolytic bimolecular addition reactions of carbon-centered radicals to unsaturated groups have been studied in detail because these are the reactions of synthesis and polymerization. Within this group, radical additions to substituted alkenes are by far the best understood. An excellent compilation of rate constants for carbon radical additions to alkenes is recommended for many specihc kinetic values. ... 

Whereas additions of carbon radicals to alkene moieties are the best characterized homolytic additions, carbon radicals are known to add to a wide range of unsaturated systems. These include polyenes, alkynes, arenes, heteroarenes, carbon monoxide,isonitriles, °° ° nitriles, ° imines and derivatives, ° ° aldehydes,nitrones, and thiones. ° Many of these reactions, such as addition of an alkyl radical to a carbonyl group, ° are thermodynamically unfavorable and readily reversible, and they form the basis of composite group-transfer reactions discussed below. 

Reactions 68-73 (Table IV) represent the radical interactions with metal complexes radical addition (Reaction 68), electron transfer from a radical to a metal (Reaction 70) or from a metal to a radical (Reaction 69), homolytic displacements at the metal or at a ligand (Reactions 71 and 72), and fi-radical fragmentations (Reaction 73). The final reactions (74-79) concern the reactivity of radicals with organic reagents. 

The radicals formed from this homolysis are unstable and each breaks down by cleavage of a C-G bond, generating C02 and a phenyl radical. These homolytic bond cleavages are elimination reactions and are the reverse of radical addition reactions. 

Addition of the silyl radical to carbon-carbon double bonds is an elementary reaction of radical hydrosilation (Scheme 1). Homolytic aromatic silationalso occurs involving silyl radicals. Silyl radicals are nucleophilic owing to the high SOMO energy, as evidenced by the directive effects in the hemolytic aromatic substitution. The intermediate cyclohexadienyl radicals have been observed by ESR. 

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