Alkane reaction with

The reactivity of the halogens decreases m the order F2 > CI2 > Br2 > I2 Fluo rme is an extremely aggressive oxidizing agent and its reaction with alkanes is strongly exothermic and difficult to control Direct fluonnation of alkanes requires special equip ment and techniques is not a reaction of general applicability and will not be discussed further... 

Chlorination of alkanes is less exothermic than fluonnation and bromination less exothermic than chlorination Iodine is unique among the halogens m that its reaction with alkanes is endothermic and alkyl iodides are never prepared by lodmation of alkanes... 

Reactions of alkanedicarboxylic acids with sulfur tetrafluoride afford, in general, mixtures of bis(trifluorQmethyI)allcanes, cyclic 0(,a,a, a -tetrafluoro ethers, linear bis(pentafluoroalkyl) ethers, and polyfluoroethers The cyclic ethers constitute the major products of the reactions with alkane-1,2 dicarboxyhc acids, they are also formed in the reactions with alkane-1,3-dicarboxylic acids but not with 1,1- nor 1,4-dicarboxylic acids [211] (equation 105)... 

Chirality center, 292 detection of, 292-293 Eischer projections and, 975-978 R,S configuration of, 297-300 Chitin, structure of, 1002 Chloral hydrate, structure of, 707 Chloramphenicol, structure of, 304 Chlorine, reaction with alkanes, 91-92,335-338 reaction with alkenes, 215-218 reaction with alkynes, 262-263 reaction with aromatic compounds, 550 Chloro group, directing effect of, 567-568... 

Aspects of the apparatus for the synthesis using metal atoms are described. The reactions of the atoms of rhenium, tungsten, and osmium with hydrocarbons including alkanes are described. It is shown that metal atom reactions with alkanes can give isolable organometallic compounds including l-alkylidene compounds. 

Greiner, N.R. (1970) Hydroxyl radical kinetics by kinetic spectroscopy. VI. Reactions with alkanes in the range 300-500 K. J. Chem. Phys. 53, 1070-1076. 

It has been proposed that this reaction intermediate could decompose to produce HCN and CH3 [55], Chemiluminescence from alkanes can be greatly enhanced by addition of HC1. The proposed explanation is that energy transfer from active nitrogen dissociates HC1 to produce chlorine atoms, which have rapid hydrogen-atom abstraction reactions with alkanes,... 

The activation of cyclohexane can also be achieved using an Ir(m) complex. The reactions with -alkanes are unselective and a mixture of products, probably resulting from the activation of primary and secondary C-H bonds, is obtained (Equation (4)).12... 

Reactions with alkanes produce iodo derivatives and hydrogen chloride ... 

The kinetics and mechanisms of nitrate radical reactions with alkanes and a variety of other organics relevant to the atmosphere are discussed in detail in two excellent reviews by Wayne et al. (1991) and Atkinson (1991). The kinetics of the N03-alkane reactions are summarized in Table 6.3, where it can be seen that, with the exception of methane, they are in the range 10 lX-10 lf cm3 molecule-1 s-1. 

The reactions of the ground state C2H with hydrocarbons have been extensively studied by Cullis et al. (253) and by Tarr et al. (962). The reaction with alkanes is the hydrogen abstraction to form acetylene... 

As noted previously in Chapter 1, the electrophilic reactivities of acetyl salts increase dramatically as the acidity of the reaction medium increases. This was one of the observations that lead Olah and co-workers to first propose the concept of superelectrophilic activation, or protosolvation of the acetyl cation, in 1975.2 This seminal paper described the chemistry of acetyl hexafluoroantimonate (CHsCO+SbFg-) and the reaction with alkanes in various solvents. In aprotic solvents such as SO2, SO2CIF, AsF3, and CH2CI2, there was no reaction. However in HF-BF3, acetyl salts react with Ao-alkanes and efficient hydride abstraction is observed.27 This was interpreted by Olah as evidence for protonation of the acetyl... 

Scheme 10. Electrophilic solvation of the acetyl cation and reactions with alkane.

During the 1970s Shilov published extensively on the reactions of alkanes in aqueous solutions of platinum(II) complexes [3]. The reactions are typically carried out in aqueous hydrochloric acid as solvent at <100°C with chloride salts of Pt(II) as catalyst and the chloride salts of Pt(IV) as the stoichiometric oxidant. Typical reaction yields, based on added methane, are less than 3% with >75% selectivity to methanol and methyl chloride. It was proposed the reaction proceeded via C-H activation to generate alkyl platinum intermediates in reactions with alkanes and later results are consistent with this proposal [4]. This system is one of the first systems proposed to operate via the C-H activation reaction and to generate potentially useful functionalized products. The key disadvantages of the Shilov system were the low rates (catalyst tum-over-frequency, TOF, <10 s ), short catalyst life (turnover-number, TON, <20), and the use of Pt (IV) as a stoichiometric oxidant. 

In addition to examples of stoichiometric reactions with alkanes, late transition-metal complexes also seem promising as dehydrogenation catalysts, in view of the many such complexes that catalyze olefin hydrogenation. Olefin hydrogenation is, however, a highly exothermic reaction (AH = ca. -125 kj mol ) and so there is a formidable enthalpic barrier to dehydrogenation. 

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