The effect of ring substitution on the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals. A product and time-resolved kinetic study

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3884-3891

  Aureliano Antunes, Carla S ^a   Bietti, Massimo ^a   Ercolani, Gianfranco ^a   Lanzalunga, Osvaldo ^b   Salamone, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FREE RADICALS; ISOMERS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

0-NEOPHYL REARRANGEMENT; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; RING SUBSTITUTION; TIME-RESOLVED KINETIC STUDY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

4 METHOXYPHENYL DERIVATIVE; 4 METHYLPHENYL DERIVATIVE; 4 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; KETONE; O NEOPHYL DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON; ISOMER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 18744377711     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0502448     Document Type: Article

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