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Absolute rate constants of alkene addition reactions of a fluorinated radical in water
L Zhang1, W R Dolbier, B Sheeller
1Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA.
Abstract:
Absolute rate constants of *R(f)SO(3)(-) radical addition to a series of water-soluble alkenes containing ionic, carboxylate substituents were measured by laser flash photolysis experiments in water. The observed rate constants were all considerably larger than those of structurally similar analogues in a nonpolar organic solvent, with rate factors of 3-9-fold being observed. It is concluded that such rate enhancements derive at least in part from stabilization of the polar transition state for addition of the electrophilic fluorinated radical to alkenes by the polar solvent water.
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