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J Phys Chem A. 2015 Mar 19;119(11):2211-6. doi: 10.1021/jp5036647. Epub 2014 Jun 10.

Gas-phase generation and matrix isolation of the methylsulfonyl radical CH₃SO₂˙ from allylmethylsulfone.

The journal of physical chemistry. A

Hans Peter Reisenauer, Peter R Schreiner, Jaroslaw Romanski, Grzegorz Mloston

Affiliations

  1. †Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
  2. ‡Department of Organic and Applied Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-493 Lodz, Poland.

PMID: 24869775 DOI: 10.1021/jp5036647

Abstract

The atmospherically highly relevant methylsulfonyl radical (CH3SO2(•)) was generated by high-vacuum flash pyrolysis (HVFP) of allylmethylsulfone and isolated in an argon matrix at 10 K; the allyl radical formed as the cofragment. Upon thermolysis, the methylsulfonyl radical undergoes partial decomposition, leading to substantial amounts of sulfur dioxide in the matrix. The title compound was characterized through the assignment of eight fundamental IR bands of its CD3 and (13)CH3 isotopologues and the excellent agreement with the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,3pd) computed harmonic vibrational frequencies. The two most intense absorptions were found at 1267.1 and 1067.6 cm(-1). In extension of this study S-methyl methanethiosulfonate was found to be another suitable, although less efficient, precursor for the gas-phase generation of the methylsulfonyl radical.

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