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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 1;131(12):4335–4345. doi: 10.1021/ja8081846

Table 1.

Equilibrium constants and ground state thermodynamics for hydrogen atom transfer reactions in MeCN.

AH + B Methoda Keq (298 K) ΔGoHAT (kcal mol−1) ΔHoHAT (kcal mol−1) ΔSoHAT (cal mol−1 K−1)
FeII(H2bip) + TEMPO VHb 1.7 ± 0.3 −0.3 ± 0.2 −9.4 ± 0.6 −30 ± 2
Cal -- -- −8.9 ± 0.6 --
BDFE ∼2 −0.5 ± 1 -- --
FeII(H2bim) + TEMPO VHb (2.0 ± 0.3) × 10−4 5.0 ± 0.2 −4.1 ± 0.3 −30 ± 2
BDFE ∼0.9 × 10−4 5.5 ± 1.0 -- --
RuII(py-imH) + TEMPO VHc (1.8 ± 0.2) × 103 −4.4 ± 0.1 −3.0 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 1.1
BDFE (2.0 ± 1.5) × 103 −4.5 ± 0.4 -- --
CoII(H2bim) + TEMPO VH (5.9 ± 0.8) × 10−3 3.0 ± 0.4 −9.3 ± 0.4 −41 ± 2
BDFE ∼0.6 0.3 ± 3d -- --
RuII(py-imH) + tBu3PhO BDE -- -- −15 ± 1 --
RuII(hfac)2(py-imH) + tBu3PhO VH 0.062 ± 0.013 1.6 ± 0.1 -- --
CoII(H2bim) + tBu3PhO BDE -- -- -24 ± 4 --
TEMPOH + tBu3PhO Cal -- -- −11.2 ± 0.5 --
BD(F)E -- −10 ± 1 −11.5 ± 1.4 −2 ± 3
a

Method: VH (van't Hoff) = Temperature dependence of Keq from van't Hoff plots; Cal = calorimetric; BDFE/BDE: ΔGoHAT = BDFE[AH] - BDFE[BH] and/or ΔHoHAT = BDE[AH] - BDE[BH], using values from Table 2.

b

Data from reference 28.

c

Data from reference 32.

d

Estimated from BDFEs derived from pKa and Eo values, see Table 2.