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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Aug 26;131(33):11985–11997. doi: 10.1021/ja904400d

Table 1.

Thermodynamic Parameters for Pseudo Self-Exchange Reactions of Nitroxyl Radicals and Hydroxylamines.a

Reaction Solvent K (298 K) ΔH° ΔS°
(2) 4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-H CD3CN 4.5 ± 1.8 −1.7 ± 0.7 −2.6 ± 2.1
    4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-D CD3CN 4.7 ± 1.8 −1.7 ± 0.7 −2.5 ± 2.4
    4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-H CD2Cl2 7.6 ± 2.4 −2.6 ± 0.8 −4.8 ± 2.6
    4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-D CD2Cl2 6.6 ± 2.2 −2.6 ± 0.8 −5.1 ± 2.8
(3) 4-oxo-TEMPO + 4-MeO-TEMPO-H CD3CN 2.8 ± 1.2 −2.2 ± 0.4 −5.8 ± 2.3
    4-oxo-TEMPO + 4-MeO-TEMPO-D CD3CN 3.1 ± 1.2 −2.4 ± 0.7 −5.8 ± 2.3
(4) tBu2NO + TEMPO-H CD3CN 0.11 ± 0.02 2.7 ± 0.9 4.6 ± 2.8
    tBu2NO + TEMPO-D CD3CN 0.11 ± 0.03 2.4 ± 0.9 3.7 ± 2.9
    tBu2NO + TEMPO-H CD2Cl2 0.10 ± 0.02 3.1 ± 0.8 5.6 ± 2.6
    tBu2NO + TEMPO-D CD2Cl2 0.10 ± 0.02 3.1 ± 0.8 5.8 ± 2.4
a

Measurements at 278−318 K; ΔH° in kcal mol−1, ΔS° in cal mol−1 K−1.