Activation energies of hydrogen atom abstractions from alkanes by free radicals
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 4,p. 361-365
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29730000361
Abstract
Activation energies for the gas phase reaction X + RH = HX + R where X is an atom or free radical and RH is an alkane conform to equation (i) where σ*XCH2 is the Taft parameter for the group XCH2 in aliphatic systems undergoing reaction in aqueous solution at 25 °C E= 12·2 – 7·2σ*XCH2 + 0·55ΔH+ΔH2/(40 + 2·2|ΔH|)(i). Calculated activation energies for X = Cl and particularly for X = CF3 differ significantly from the experimental values, and possible explanations have been given. With substrates (HY) other than alkanes, thermochemical data and Arrhenius parameters are less accurately known, but within experimental error the activation energies are generally consistent with the above equation, indicating that the electronegativity of Y has little influence on the activation energy. For the substrates H2S and HCl, the experimental activation energies are significantly lower than the calculated values.Keywords
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