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Radicals such as CH2XCH2•, where X is a halogen, play an important role in the stereochemical control observed in many chemical reactions. To elucidate the origin of the stereoselectivity, we calculated the structures and potential energy surfaces of the haloethyl radicals (CH2XCH2•, X = F, Cl, Br, I) using ab initio quantum mechanics [HF, local MP2, DFT (both B3PW91 and B3LYP)]. We find that the CH2BrCH2• and CH2ICH2• radicals strongly favor the symmetrically bridged structures while the CH2ClCH2• radical leads to similar energy for symmetric bridging and classical structures. (In contrast, X = H and F leads to dramatically different structures). This confirms the Skell hypothesis of symmetric bridging to explain the stereochemical control of the CH2BrCH2• and CH2ICH2• radicals, indicating that such bridged structures play an important role in the dissociation processes involving CH2XCH2• with X = Cl, Br, and I. The trends in the rotational barriers and structural parameters are consistent with hyperconj...

Conformations and Barriers of Haloethyl Radicals (CH2XCH2, X = F, Cl, Br, I): Ab Initio Studies

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