Direct Observation of Ultrafast Decarboxylation of Acyloxy Radicals via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Carboxylate Ion Pairs

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2210-2221

  Bockman, T Michael ^a   Hubig, Stephan M ^a   Kochi, Jay K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

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EID: 0000834065     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9617833     Document Type: Article

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