Solvent Pressure Effects in Free Radical Reactions. 2. Reconciliation of the Gas and Condensed Phase Chlorination of Cyclopropane

JM Tanko, NK Suleman

Index: Tanko, James M.; Suleman, N. Kamrudin Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994 , vol. 116, # 12 p. 5162 - 5166

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Abstract

Abstract: The results reported herein demonstrate that the chemoselectivity (sH2 ring opening vs abstraction of a cyclopropyl hydrogen) associated with the free radical chlorination of cyclopropane is solvent dependent. Internal pressure is implicated as the solvent parameter responsible for the observed solvent effect.(Solvents of high internal pressure favor the sH2 process; hydrogen abstraction becomes more important in ...