Spontaneous oxidation of organic donors to their cation radicals using Brønsted acids. Identification of the elusive oxidant

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2

Volumn , Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1837-1840

  Rathore, Rajendra ^a   Zhu, Chengjian ^a   Lindeman, Sergey V ^a   Kochi, Jay K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREE RADICALS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; REDUCTION;

ADAMANTYLIDENEADAMANTANE; BRONSTED ACIDS; CATION RADICALS; HOMOADAMANTENE; OCTAMETHYLBIPHENYLENE; OXIDANT;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034286416     PISSN: 03009580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b003860l     Document Type: Article

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