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SUBMITTER: Kurouchi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5358507 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kurouchi Hiroaki H Andujar-De Sanctis Ivonne L IL Singleton Daniel A DA
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20161027 44
The comparison of experimental and predicted kinetic isotope effects in the α-cleavage of alkoxy radicals is used here to judge the applicability of statistical rate theories. It is found that the governing rate theory and the statistical versus nonstatistical nature of the cleavage depend on the cleavage barrier and how much energy is imparted to the radical. The latter can then be controlled by changing the size of substituents in the system. With a large alkyl group substituent, the vibration ...[more]