Abnormal solvent effects on hydrogen atom abstractions. 1. The reactions of phenols with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (dpph•) in alcohols

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3433-3438

  Litwinienko, Grzegorz ^a,b   Ingold, K U ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIZATION; PHENOLS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ATOM ABSTRACTIONS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; HEPTANE; HYDROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION;

EID: 0037414534     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo026917t     Document Type: Article

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