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Because these stability measurements pertain to the gas phase, it is important to consider the effects that solvation might have on the structure-stability relationships. Hydride affinity values based on solution measurements can be derived from thermodynamic cycles that relate hydrocarbon p T, bond dissociation energy and electrochemical potentials. The hydride affinity, AG, for the reaction... 

Table 12.4. Substituent Effects on Radical Stability from Measurements of Bond Dissociation Energies and Theoretical Calculations of Radical Stabilization Energies...

The parameters D and a can be obtained by fitting 1E to the actual ground state of the given molecule (D is determined by the observed bond dissociation energy and a is determined by the vibrational force constant). This allows one to express J and K in terms of available experimental information. That is, from eqs. (1.47), (1.49), and (1.52) we obtain... 

The ntility of the experimental methods are illnstrated in this chapter by considering their applications to the stndy of reactive molecules, including radicals, car-benes and diradicals, carbynes and triradicals, and even transition states. These are provided in Section 5.4, which inclndes resnlts for representative bond dissociation energies and an extensive list of thermochemical results for carbenes, diradicals, carbynes, and triradicals. Section 5.5 provides a comparison and assessment of the resnlts obtained for selected carbenes and diradicals, whereas spectroscopic considerations are addressed in Section 5.6. 

Also pertinent to Step 1 is the material in Table II, which includes bond dissociation energies and kinetic data at conversion temperatures for a series of C-C bonds. For the purposes of this discussion it can be assumed that substitution of -0- for -CH2-... 

The development of comprehensive models for transition metal carbonyl photochemistry requires that three types of data be obtained. First, information on the dynamics of the photochemical event is needed. Which reactant electronic states are involved What is the role of radiationless transitions Second, what are the primary photoproducts Are they stable with respect to unimolecular decay Can the unsaturated species produced by photolysis be spectroscopically characterized in the absence of solvent Finally, we require thermochemical and kinetic data i.e. metal-ligand bond dissociation energies and association rate constants. We describe below how such data is being obtained in our laboratory. 

More than just a few parameters have to be considered when modelling chemical reactivity in a broader perspective than for the well-defined but restricted reaction sets of the preceding section. Here, however, not enough statistically well-balanced, quantitative, experimental data are available to allow multilinear regression analysis (MLRA). An additional complicating factor derives from comparison of various reactions, where data of quite different types are encountered. For example, how can product distributions for electrophilic aromatic substitutions be compared with acidity constants of aliphatic carboxylic acids And on the side of the parameters how can the influence on chemical reactivity of both bond dissociation energies and bond polarities be simultaneously handled when only limited data are available ... 

A Homolytic Bond Dissociation Energies and Heats of Reaction ... 

Thus, acidity can be determined from independent measures of the bond dissociation energy and electron affinity, or the acidity provides a measure of the electron affinity of the corresponding radical if the bond dissociation energy is known. 

The coordinate pertaining to solvent reorganization, z, is the same fictitious charge number as already considered in the Hush-Marcus model of outer-sphere electron transfer (Section 1.4.2), and so is the definition of 2q [equation (1.27)] and the difference between the Hush and Marcus estimation of this parameter. The coordinated describing the cleavage of the bond is the bond length, y, referred to its equilibrium value in the reactant, yRX. Db is the bond dissociation energy and the shape factor ft is defined as... 

For such situations we have developed a different approach. The parameters calculated by our methods are taken as coordinates in a space, the reactivity space, A bond of a molecule is represented in such a space as a specific point, having characteristic values for the parameters taken as coordinates. Figure 6 shows a three-dimensional reactivity space spanned by bond polarity, bond dissociation energy, and the value for the resonance effect as coordinates. 

The mass spectrum of FClOs was measured (82, 138, 234). The vertical ionization potential ahd the F—ClOg bond dissociation energy were found to be 13.6 0.2 eV and 60 kcal mole , respectively. The average CIO bond dissociation energy and the heat of formation were estimated (82) to be 60 and —5.3 kcal mole", respectively. 

Straightforward applications of the theory are presented in the atom-by-atom approach, as exemplified in Table 15.4, using charges deduced from NMR shifts, Eq. (6.8) for the carbon atoms, and Eqs. (6.12)-(6.14) for the nitrogen atoms. (CN bond dissociation energies and comparisons with the corresponding intrinsic bond energies are described in Chapter 12 for both alkylamines and selected nitroalkanes.)... 

This work has also taught us—and this is a promising new field of applications— how to get a fresh insight into individual bond dissociation energies and their dependence on whatever events modify the electronic structures of the concerned reaction sites. This area only awaits the inventiveness of our community, a community that never lacks questions and ideas to get the answers. So much for the future. 

Fig.1 The C-S bond dissociation energies and bond lengths for several model compounds, calculated assuming a hemolytic bond cleave...

Semi-empirical models do not provide an adequate description of bond dissociation energies and should not be used for this purpose. Errors are not systematic, as was the case for Hartree-Fock models (bond energies too small) and local density models (bond energies too large). Rather, significant errors in both directions are observed. 

Table I. Recommended Values for Bond Dissociation Energies and Radical Thermochemistry in Aromatic Oxidation...

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