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A parabolic model of the transition state is used for the analysis of experimental data (rate constants and activation energies) for reactions of addition of alkyl and phenyl radicals to multiple bonds of unsaturated compounds. The parameters describing the activation energy as a function of the enthalpy of the reactions were calculated from the experimental data. The activation energy depends also on the strength of the forming C−C bond, the presence of π-bonds in the α-position near the attacked C=C bond and the presence of polar groups in the monomer and radical. The empirical dependence of the activation energy of a thermoneutral addition reactionE e0 on the dissociation energyD e of the forming C−C bond was obtained:E e0=(5.95±0.06)·10−4 D e 2 kJ mol−1, indicating the important role of triplet repulsion in the formation of the transition state of radical addition. The contribution of the polar interaction to the activation energy of addition of polar radicals to polar monomers was calculated.
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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 445–450, March, 1999.
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Denisov, E.T. Physical factors determining the activation energy of alkyl radical addition to unsaturated compounds. Russ Chem Bull 48, 442–447 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02496158
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