Radical anion transfer

The naphthalene radical-anion transfers an electron to a monomer such as styrene to form the styryl radical-anion which dimerizes to a dianion... 

It is discussed above that the nucleobase radical anions can be proton-ated at a heteroatom and/or carbon. Only the heteroatom-protonated species retains reducing properties, and thus the rate of protonation at carbon determines whether or not an ET to 5BrUra is observed under the given condition. Protonation at carbon is especially fast in the case of Guo, and for this reason an ET to 5BrUra was not observed (Nese et al. 1992). A compilation of the rate constants for such ET reactions is found in Table 10.26. As can be seen from this table, the radical anions transfer an electron to 5BrUra at practically diffusion-controlled rates, while the heteroatom-protonated species react two orders of magnitude more slowly. 

Wan also outlined that the bleaching process may involve a number of secondary complicated equilibria. For example, they stressed that when SO2 radical anion transfers the unpaired electron to some organic substrate, it becomes a neutral SO2 molecule that be rapidly hydrated according to Equation 13.7 [21] ... 

The trypanocidal action of nifurtimox derives from its ability to undergo activation by partial reduction to nitro radical anions. Transfer of electrons from the activated drug then forms superoxide radical anions and other reactive oxygen species. Reaction of free radicals results in lipid peroxidation and membrane injury, enzyme inactivation, and DNA damage. Benznidazole also requires a one-electron transfer that generates nitro anion radicals, leading to cellular damage that kills the parasites. 

As we mentioned previously, photoinduced electron transfer at the polarizable liquid I liquid junction manifests itself by photocurrent responses under potentiostatic conditions. The nature of the photoelectrochemical processes is reflected in the basic features of the photocurrent transient. For instance, a homogeneous photochemical reaction followed by the transfer of the products is characterized by a slow increase in the photocurrent on illumination. A typical example can be extracted from the work of Kotov and Kuzmin shown in Fig. 5(a) [64-66]. In this case, protoporphyrin is located in the organic phase in the presence of benzoquinone. On illumination, the quinone is reduced and the radical anion transfers to the water phase. The increasing photocurrent is connected with the flux of the radical anion from DCE to water. 

M.p. 296 C. Accepts an electron from suitable donors forming a radical anion. Used for colorimetric determination of free radical precursors, replacement of Mn02 in aluminium solid electrolytic capacitors, construction of heat-sensitive resistors and ion-specific electrodes and for inducing radical polymerizations. The charge transfer complexes it forms with certain donors behave electrically like metals with anisotropic conductivity. Like tetracyanoethylene it belongs to a class of compounds called rr-acids. tetracyclines An important group of antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces spp., having structures based on a naphthacene skeleton. Tetracycline, the parent compound, has the structure ... 

Figure C3.2.10.(a) Dependence of electron transfer rate upon reaction free energy for ET between biphenyl radical anions and various organic acceptors. Experiments were perfonned with the donors and acceptors frozen into...

Sodium naphthalene [25398-08-7J and other aromatic radical anions react with monomers such as styrene by reversible electron transfer to form the corresponding monomer radical anions. Although the equihbtium (eq. 10)... 

Subsequent studies (63,64) suggested that the nature of the chemical activation process was a one-electron oxidation of the fluorescer by (27) followed by decomposition of the dioxetanedione radical anion to a carbon dioxide radical anion. Back electron transfer to the radical cation of the fluorescer produced the excited state which emitted the luminescence characteristic of the fluorescent state of the emitter. The chemical activation mechanism was patterned after the CIEEL mechanism proposed for dioxetanones and dioxetanes discussed earher (65). Additional support for the CIEEL mechanism, was furnished by demonstration (66) that a linear correlation existed between the singlet excitation energy of the fluorescer and the chemiluminescence intensity which had been shown earher with dimethyl dioxetanone (67). 

Examples include luminescence from anthracene crystals subjected to alternating electric current (159), luminescence from electron recombination with the carbazole free radical produced by photolysis of potassium carba2ole in a fro2en glass matrix (160), reactions of free radicals with solvated electrons (155), and reduction of mtheiiium(III)tris(bipyridyl) with the hydrated electron (161). Other examples include the oxidation of aromatic radical anions with such oxidants as chlorine or ben2oyl peroxide (162,163), and the reduction of 9,10-dichloro-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene with the 9,10-diphenylanthracene radical anion (162,164). Many other examples of electron-transfer chemiluminescence have been reported (156,165). 

Under optimum conditions electron transfer can produce excited states efficiently. Triplet fluoranthrene was reported to be formed in nearly quantitative yield from reaction of fluoranthrene radical anion with the 10-phenylphenothia2ine radical cation (171), and an 80% triplet yield was indicated for electrochemiluminescence of fluoranthrene by measuring triplet sensiti2ed isomeri2ation of trans- to i j -stilbene (172). 

When halide ions or anions such as thiocyanate or azide are present, these anions are incorporated into the organic radical generated by decomposition of the peroxide. This anion transfer presumably occurs in the same step as the redox interaction with Cu(II), and such reactions have been called ligand-transfer reactions. " ... 

Experiments in which radical scavengers are added indicate that a chain reaction is involved, because the reaction is greatly retarded in the presence of the scavengers. The mechanism shown below indicates that one of the steps in the chain process is an electron transfer and that none of the steps involves atom abstraction. The elimination of nitrite occurs as a unimolecular decomposition of the radical anion intermediate, and the SrnI mechanistic designation would apply. 

Flavin coenzymes can exist in any of three different redox states. Fully oxidized flavin is converted to a semiqulnone by a one-electron transfer, as shown in Figure 18.22. At physiological pH, the semiqulnone is a neutral radical, blue in color, with a A ax of 570 nm. The semiqulnone possesses a pAl of about 8.4. When it loses a proton at higher pH values, it becomes a radical anion, displaying a red color with a A ax of 490 nm. The semiqulnone radical is particularly stable, owing to extensive delocalization of the unpaired electron across the 77-electron system of the isoalloxazine. A second one-electron transfer converts the semiqulnone to the completely reduced dihydroflavin as shown in Figure 18.22. 

Several intermediates are involved in the latter reaction. The first is a radical anion resulting from electron transfer from sodium to the alkyne. This then deprotonates ammonia leading to a vinyl radical. The process repeats (electron transfer and deprotonation), and involves a vinyl anion intermediate. 

The proposed mechanism for the conversion of the furanone 118 to the spiro-cyclic lactones 119 and 120 involves electron transfer to the a -unsaturated methyl ester electrophore to generate an anion radical 118 which cyclizes on the /3-carbon of the furanone. The resulting radical anion 121 acquires a proton, giving rise to the neutral radical 122, which undergoes successive electron transfer and protonation to afford the lactones 119 and 120 (Scheme 38) (91T383). 

Alkali metals in liquid ammonia can transfer an electron to the solvent, leading to so-called solvated electrons. These can add to the aromatic substrate 1 to give a reduced species, the radical anion 3 ... 

The initiating radicals are assumed to be SCN, ONO or N3 free radicals. Tris oxalate-ferrate-amine anion salt complexes have been studied as photoinitiators (A = 436 nm) of acrylamide polymer [48]. In this initiating system it is proposed that the CO2 radical anion found in the primary photolytic process reacts with iodonium salt (usually diphenyl iodonium chloride salt) by an electron transfer mechanism to give photoactive initiating phenyl radicals by the following reaction machanism ... 

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