Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Chemistry
First Advisor's Name
Kevin O'Shea
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Martin Quirke
Third Advisor's Name
Leonard Keller
Date of Defense
11-22-1996
Abstract
An extensive study of the reaction pathways of 1,1- dicyclopropyl ethylene, cis- and trans- 1,2-dicyclopropylethylenes has been undertaken with different electrophiles 4-methyl-1,2,4- triazoline-3,5-dione (MTAD), tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), and singlet oxygen (102). Comparison of reactivity and reaction mechanisms among the electrophiles is investigated. Singlet oxygen exhibits significantly lower reactivity compared to the other electrophiles. MTAD and TCNE react with dicyclopropylethylenes to produce predominantly "2+2" adducts and a small amount of the "ene" adducts. The "2+2" is the major product presumably because of the high activation energy leading to the highly strained "ene" products. Solvent trapping studies provide strong evidence of a "stepwise" mechanism, involving a zwitterionic or aziridinium imide as an intermediate from the study of the reactions products of dicyclopropylethylenes and MTAD.
Identifier
FI13101612
Recommended Citation
Alume, Gina Elizabeth, "Reactions of singlet oxygen and singlet oxygen mimics with dicyclopropylethylenes: comparison of reactivity and mechanisms" (1996). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1216.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1216
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