Nitroxides inhibition

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Nitroxyl radicals of diarylamines can also be obtained on oxidation with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of vanadium ions. Resonance helps stabili2e these radicals. Eor example, the nitroxide from 4,4 -dimethoxydiphenylainine [63619-50-1] is stable for years, whereas the radical from the unsubstituted diphenylamine caimot be isolated. Substitution in the ortho and para positions also increases the stabiUties of these nitroxides by inhibiting coupling reactions at these sites. However, they are not as stable as the stericaHy hindered tetramethylpiperidyl radical. 

Another important factor is the stability of the nitroxide. Some degree of instability appears beneficial. This can compensate for the buildup of nitroxide that would occur as a consequence of radical-radical termination and which might otherwise inhibit polymerization. 

NMP with acrylates and acrylamides with TEMPO provides only very low conversions. Very low limiting conversions and broad dispersities were reported.2 Better results were obtained with DTBN (83),111 151 imidazoline (61-64)I3S and isoindoline (59) nitroxides.111 However, limiting conversions were still observed. The self-regulation provided in S polymerization by thermal initiation is absent and, as a consequence, polymerization proceeds until inhibited by the buildup of nitroxide. The final product is an alkoxyamine and NMP can be continued... 

The method is specific for the preparation of di-/-butyl nitroxide, a liquid member of a group of stable free radicals useful for the inhibition of a variety of reactions proceeding by radical chain mechanisms as well as for providing standards for e.s.r. measurements. 

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The photoirradiation effect can be replaced by copper salt catalysis. The catalyzed reactions proceed rapidly and result in a high degree of transformation. Interestingly, ESR method reveals no organic paramagnetic particles in the course of the reaction between haloaryls and phenyl thiolates. The addition of oxidants (oxygen and DNB) or radical acceptors (di(tert-butyl)nitroxide) does not inhibit the substitution. These facts are understandable from Scheme 7.68 (Bowman et al. 1984, Liedholm 1984). 

In chloroprene containing 0.05M azobisisobutyronitrile and 0.02M 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone-l-oxyl an induction period of 22 minutes was observed, followed by retarded oxidation. In the absence of the initiator 110 p.p.m. of N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline inhibited oxidation for 1 hour. Nitroxide radicals and their nitroso precursors (17) do not function as peroxy radical traps since they cause no inhibition and little retardation of the initiated oxidation of cumene at 60°C. 

Among chain-breaking antioxidants the stable dialkyl nitroxides such as di-f erf-butyl nitroxide (I) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-pyridone nitroxide (II) inhibit oxidation by the simplest mechanism and therefore exhibit... 

They do not react with R02 radicals. The inhibited oxidation rate is proportional to the oxygen pressure and inversely proportional to the nitroxide concentration, but it is independent of the substrate concentration—i.e., rate oc [02]/[nitroxide]. The nitroxides react slowly with hydrocarbons and hydroperoxides and therefore have little tendency to initiate oxidation. However, they are of disappointingly little practical value compared with more conventional chain-breaking antioxidants because they must compete with molecular oxygen for the R radicals, and the... 

Stable diaryl nitroxides such as 4,4 -dimethoxydiphenyl nitroxide (III) are somewhat better antioxidants than the dialkyl nitroxides. The III inhibited rate depends on both the oxygen pressure and the substrate... 

The Polymer-Surface Interaction. When using a nitroxide labeled polymer the polymer-surface interaction in the absence of solvent can be assessed from temperature studies in the presence and absence of the surface, as shown in Figures 9 and 10. At temperatures below or near the glass transition the effect of the surface cannot be deduced as all motions are too slow. However, as the temperature is raised above T the effect of the surface is clearly discernible, with surface inhibiting segmental motion. It is evident from Figures 9 and 10 that the absolute temperature is not as important as T-T, where T is the T in... 

Inhibition by radical traps, such as TEMPO 17, was used to explain the involvement of radicals in the course of transition metal-catalyzed reactions (Fig. 7). Typical cross-coupling reactions, such as Heck or Suzuki-Miyaura reactions, proceeded even with nitroxyls as substrates, although the yields were sometimes low. Thus, nitroxyls do not necessarily interfere very much with the course of two-electron catalytic processes [79-81]. However, it must be critically mentioned that 17 and related nitroxides are both oxidants and reductants for metal species. 

The new eKminaliun process is noteworthy for high yields and absence of isomers. The reaction is evidently a chain process, since it is inhibited by di-tcrt-butyl nitroxide. 

Two compounds that effectively inhibit electron-transfer reactions are di-t-butyl nitroxide and 1,4-dinitrotoluene ... 

Nitroxides are also used to remove radical anions from a reaction sequence. For example, di-t-butyl nitroxide has often been used to inhibit the SrnI reaction (see Section 10). Apparently, nitroxides remove radicals via coupling reactions (Hoffmann, A. K. Feldman, A. M. Gelblum, E. Hodgson, W. G. /. Am. Chem. Soc. 1964, 86, 639-646). 

Because these are free radical reactions, they are inhibited by the addition of free radical inhibitors such as di-r-butyl nitroxide and 1,4-dinitrobenzene. 

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