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Recoil Reactions of Tritium with Organic Compounds
Author(s) -
SchmidtBleek F.,
Rowland F. S.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.196407691
Subject(s) - chemistry , steric effects , tritium , deuterium , kinetic isotope effect , protonation , alkyl , hot atom , hydrogen , photochemistry , radiochemistry , organic chemistry , ion , nuclear physics , physics
After “cooling”, the hot tritium atoms formed above thermal energies by nuclear reactions abstract or replace hydrogen atoms, and replace substituents X (e.g. alkyl, NH 2 , NO 2 , OH, COOH, F, Cl, Br, or I) in organic compounds. Isotope effects have been observed for protonated vs. deuterated compounds in several hot reactions. Models and mechanisms are discussed for the abstraction and replacement, for specific reactions on certain carbon atoms, and for the isotope effects. These are based on steric, bond‐energy, and kinetic considerations.