Initiating radical reactions with non-thermal plasmas

Yury Gorbanev; Dirk Leifert; Armido Studer; Deborah O'Connell; Victor Chechik

doi:10.1039/c7cc01157a

Initiating radical reactions with non-thermal plasmas

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Mar 28;53(26):3685-3688. doi: 10.1039/c7cc01157a.

Authors

Yury Gorbanev¹, Dirk Leifert², Armido Studer², Deborah O'Connell³, Victor Chechik⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. victor.chechik@york.ac.uk and York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
² Organic Chemistry Institute, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, D-48149, Münster, Germany.
³ York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. victor.chechik@york.ac.uk.

PMID: 28294243
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01157a

Abstract

Non-thermal plasmas were used as radical initiators in three radical chain reactions: dehalogenation, 5-exo-trig cyclisation and trifluoromethylation with the Togni II reagent. The use of non-volatile solvents (or solvent-free conditions) gave high yields in all reactions under optimised conditions. Short reaction times and mild conditions make this method an attractive alternative to conventional radical initiators.