Rearrangement of the 1,1-diphenylethoxyl radical is not concerted but occurs through a bridged intermediate

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4520-4523

  Smeu, Manuel ^a,b   DiLabio, Gino A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED INTERMEDIATES; REARRANGEMENT; TWO-STEP REACTIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PHENOLS;

FREE RADICALS;

1,1 DIPHENYLETHOXYL RADICAL; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENTHALPY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250172382     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070126f     Document Type: Article

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