Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Baird, Donald M.
Abstract
A study of the kinetic behavior of the oxygen atom transfer reaction of Mo2o3 (Et2dtc)2 (THF) 2I2, (I), with a variety of derivatives of pyridine N-oxides has been performed. The reaction behaves in pseudo-first-order fashion under conditions of excess N-oxide. Plots of kobs vs. [N-oxide] do not give straight lines, while plots of 1/kobs vs. 1/[N-oxide] are linear. The rate constant k is taken as the inverse of the slope of this latter plot. There is a marked dependence of the rate on the functional group in the 4-position of the pyridine ring with the relative rates -CH3 > -H > -Cl > -CN. The above observations can be used to support a mechanism in which a rapid pre-equilibrium, with a large equilibrium constant, is followed by a rate-determining breaking of the Mo-O-Mo bridge.
Extent
128 p.
Recommended Citation
Abburi, Chakravarthi., "Kinetics and mechanistic studies of molybdenum(2) oxygen(3) (diethyl dtc)(2) (THF)(2) iodine(2)" (1992). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 324.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/324
Identifier
FADT14828
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science