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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 2.

Driving Forces, Rate Constants, and Kinetic Isotope Effects for Nitroxyl plus Hydroxylamine Reactions.a

Reaction Solvent ΔG°b kH (M−1 s−1)a kD (M−1 s−1)a,c kH/kDa,c Ref.
4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-Hd MeCN −0.9 ± 0.2 10 ± 1 0.44 ± 0.05 23 ± 3 e
4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-H CH2Cl2 −1.2 ± 0.2 48 ± 4 2.1 ± 0.3 23 ± 4 e
4-oxo-TEMPO + TEMPO-H CCl4 300 ± 30 17 ± 4 18 ± 5 e
4-oxo-TEMPO + 4-MeO-TEMPO-H MeCN −0.6 ± 0.2 7.8 ± 0.7 0.37 ± 0.05 21 ± 3 e
tBu2NO + TEMPO-H MeCN 1.3 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.2 0.12 ± 0.02 16 ± 3 e
tBu2NO + TEMPO-H CH2Cl2 1.4 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.4 0.35 ± 0.04 13 ± 2 e
PINO + 4Me-NHPIf AcOH(D) −0.4 ± 0.1 677 ± 24 61.3 ± 2.1 11.0 ± 0.5 18
4-Me-PINO + NHPIf AcOH(D) 0.4 ± 0.1 354 ± 23 31.8 ± 2.0 11.1 ± 1.0 18
tBu2NO + tBu2NOH CCl4 0 320 ± 40 13
tBu2NO + tBu2NOH C6H5Cl 0 240 ± 60 13
tBu(Ar)NO + tBu(Ar)NOHg CCl4 0 (2.0 ± 0.4) × 103 (1.3 ± 0.2) × 103 1.5 ± 0.4 13
tBu(Ar)NO + tBu(Ar)NOHg C6H5Cl 0 (5.2 ± 0.4) × 102 13
tBu(Ar)NO + tBu(Ar)NOHg CH2Cl2 0 < 20 13
Ph2NO + Ph2NOH CCl4 0 > 107 13
graphic file with name nihms-133848-t0007.jpg hexane −0.2 ± 0.1 (4.3 ± 0.2) × 104 (2.5 ± 0.1) × 104 1.7 ± 0.1 14
graphic file with name nihms-133848-t0008.jpg hexane 2.0 ± 0.1 (4.5 ± 0.2) × 103 (2.9 ± 0.2) × 103 1.6 ± 0.1 14
B + A (R = CPh3) hexane 0.9 ± 0.1 (1.4 ± 0.1) × 104 (7.3 ± 0.4) × 103 1.9 ± 0.2 14
B (R = Ph) + A hexane 1.6 ± 0.1 (8.6 ± 0.4) × 103 (5.7 ± 0.3) × 103 1.5 ± 0.1 14
TEMPO + A hexane −0.6 ± 0.1 (7.6 ± 0.4) × 104 14
TEMPO + A (R = CPh3) hexane −1.4 ± 0.1 (1.5 ± 0.1) × 105 14
4-oxo-TEMPO + A hexane −1.3 ± 0.1 (6.4 ± 0.3) × 104 14
a

T = 298 (this work and ref.18), 300 (ref. 13), and 293 K (ref. 14); – means not determined.

b

kcal mol−1.

c

Not corrected for the incomplete (98±1%) deuterium enrichment; the true kH/kD values are roughly a factor of two higher; see text.

d

Ref. 20.

e

This work.

f

PINO = phthalimide N-oxyl radical, NHPI = N-hydroxyphthalimide.

g

Ar = 2,6-dimethoxyphenyl.