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The Thermal Decomposition of Diazirines: 3-(3-Methyldiazirin-3-yl)propan-1-ol and 3-(3-Methyldiazirin-3-yl)propanoic Acid
Stevens, Ian D. R.,Liu, Michael T. H.,Soundararajan, N.,Paike, N.
, p. 661 - 667 (2007/10/02)
The thermolyses of 3-(3-methyldiazirin-3-yl)propan-1-ol (1) and 3-(3-methyldiazirin-3-yl)propanoic acid (2) have been studied in solution over the temperature range 96-125 deg C.The reactions are unimolecular and fit linear Arrhenius plots with k(1)=1013.85+/-0.69exp-1/RT>s-1 and k(2)=1012.38+/-0.43exp-1/RT>s-1.The major products are the alkenes derived from the corresponding carbenes MeC2.CH2CH2CH2OH (3) and MeC2.CH2CH2CO2H (4).The new rate data, taken together with previous work, tend to confirm that diazirine thermolysis involves ring opening to a "complex" followed either by nitrogen loss or by isomerization to a diazo compound.Whereas (1) gives no product of closure onto oxygen, the acid (2) affords about 5percent γ-valerolactone.
THE BARRIER FOR 1,2 HYDROGEN SHIFT IN DIALKYL CARBENES
Stevens, Ian D. R.,Liu, Michael T. H.,Soundararajan, N.,Paike, N.
, p. 481 - 484 (2007/10/02)
The products from the thermolysis of 4-diazirinopentanoic acid (2) allow the estimate of an experimental value for the Ea = 1.1 +/- 1 kcal.mol-1 for the barrier height for 1,2 H shift in dialkyl carbenes.