Reactivity of polycyclic aromatic aryl radicals

RH Chen, SA Kafafi, SE Stein

Index: Chen, R. H.; Kafafi, S. A.; Stein, S. E. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989 , vol. 111, # 4 p. 1418 - 1423

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Abstract: Results of experimental and theoretical studies of the properties and reactions of polycyclic aromatic aryl radicals are reported. Reactions of phenyl, 1-and 2-naphthalenyl, and 9-anthracenyl radicals with toluene and naphthalene were examined in the gas phase at 400 and 450 OC. Arylation rates for each radical were measured relative to hydrogen abstraction from toluene (kar/kabs). For reactions with toluene of both phenyl and 2- ...