Abstract
In oxidation of 1,3-dinitro- and 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene acetonate σ adducts (Yanovskii complexes) with sodium, potassium, and tetrabutylammonium cations in acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran (290-313 K), ion pairs are less reactive than free ions, which is explained by charge redistribution in the ring of the σ adducts, decreasing the electron-donor power of the associated anion. Separation of the apparent rate constants into ionic and ion-pair contributions showed that the reactivity of the ion pairs depends on the radius of their cation. The revealed kinetic regularities are interpreted on the basis of AM1 semiempirical quantum-chemical calculations of the ions and ion pairs with lithium cation.
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