Kinetic and product studies on the side-chain fragmentation of 1-arylalkanol radical cations in aqueous solution: Oxygen versus carbon acidity

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1785-1793

  Baciocchi, Enrico ^a   Bietti, Massimo ^b   Steenken, Steen ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Cleavage reactions; Pulse radiolysis; Radical cations; Radical reactions

Indexed keywords

1 ARYL ALKANOL DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; OXYGEN; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; PROTON TRANSPORT; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033017164     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19990604)5:6<1785::AID-CHEM1785>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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