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Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for the equilibrium reactions of phenols with the dpph(.- ) radical.

Foti MC, Daquino C

Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Via del Santuario 110, 95028 Valverde (CT), Italy. mario.foti@icb.cnr.it

The kinetics and energetics of the reversible reaction of phenols with the dpph(.- ) radical have been studied; steric shielding of the divalent N by the o-NO(2) in dpph(.- ) seems to be the main cause of the entropic barriers of this reaction.

Published 9 October 2006 in Chem Commun (Camb).
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