Sterically Hindered Free-Radicals .22. Dimerization and Epr Spectroscopy of Indanedionyl and 9-Acylfluorenyl Radicals
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Harnack, C.
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Θετικών Επιστημών. Τμήμα Χημείας
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Harnack, C.
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2-Phenylindanedionyl radicals 5a, their p- and o-monosubstituted derivatives and related compounds 5b-h recombine by C-C bond formation giving 6a-h. In contrast, o-substituted derivatives 5i-k and the 2-tert-butylindanedionyl radicals 5I react to give the enol ethers 10a-d by C-O coupling. The EPR data indicate that the substituents are more bulky in 5i-I than in 5a-h. From the proton splitting constants it is concluded that 5a is planar and 5h nearly planar (twist angle of the phenyl group ca. 30-degrees). The phenyl group in 5i is twisted considerably with an angle of about 50-degrees. The g values of 5i-k are larger than those of 5a-h indicating a higher spin density in the carbonyl groups. 9-Acylfluorenyl radicals 12b-c, representing the planar conformations of diarylmethyl radicals 1 c, d, give no enol ethers like 4, but recombine by C-C bond formation yielding 13b-c. Their g values indicate that the acyl groups are twisted out of the radical plane.
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