Radical anions acenaphthene

The major oxidation product isolated was anthracene, perhaps formed in part from the hydroperoxide (I). However, significant amounts of potassium superoxide accompanied the anthracene. This result suggests that the major source of anthracene involved the oxidation of the dianion. In pure DMSO in the presence of excess potassium tert-butoxide, a trace of oxygen converts 9,10-dihydroanthracene, 9,10-dihy-drophenanthrene, or acenaphthene to the hydrocarbon radical anions. These products are apparently formed in the oxidation of the hydrocarbon dianions. 

Reductive Remediation of Nonhalogenated Molecules. Na/NHa treatments can also destroy nonhalogenated hazardous conqraunds. Three classes pollutants will be mentioned here polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PNAs), nitro- and nitrate-type explosive wastes and chemical warfare agents. The treatment of neat sanq>les of PNAs leads to destmction efficiencies of 99.99% for many of these conq)ounds including such examples as acenaphthene, benzo[a]anthracene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[g,h,l]perylene, chrysene, fluorandiene, fluorine, naphdialene and phenanthrene. With the exception of naphthalene and anthracene, conq)lex product mixtures are formed. Radical anion formation followed by protonation occurs sequentially leading to dihydro, tetrahydro and further reduced products (see Scheme 3). Depending on the reaction conditions, dimerization of intermediate radicals can occur to give dimers in various states of reduction. 

Periasamy et at. obtained aldehydes in good yield from poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon radical anions prepared by the addition of sodium to the aromatic hydrocarbon in THF, followed by formylation with carboxylic acid esters or N,N-dialkyformamides. Reactions of sodium naphthalenide, -anthracenide and -phenan-threnide with ethyl formate yielded the corresponding aldehydes. Substituted naphthalenes e.g. acenaphthene and 2-methylnaphthalene are also formylated using A/,A/-dialkylformamides, but in low yields (20% and 26% respectively). 

Compared to the production of ACN+, the formation of the radical anion ACN- by photoinduced electron transfer has seldom been mentioned in the Hterature. Davidson has carried out irradiation of ACN in the presence of tertiary amines such as N,N-dimethylanihne and triethylamine in benzene and acetonitrile. Reaction in benzene affords 1 in the cisoid/transoid ratio of 1.0. On the other hand, in acetonitrile dsoid-l was formed, as well as acenaphthene (ACE), without affording transoid-l. Interpretation for the solvent-dependent product distribution is that the Tj state of ACN, produced from interaction... 

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