- ELECTRON-TRANSFER PROCESSES: MECHANISMS OF OXIDATION OF ETHERS AND ESTERS BY SILVER-CATALYZED PEROXYDISULPHATE
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Nucleophilic carbon-centred radicals, generated from the oxidation of diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, ethyl propionate, diethyl oxalate and 2-phenylethyl acetate by silver-catalyzed decomposition of peroxydisulphate, have been trapped, mostly by naphthoquinone and in a few cases by protonated quinoline. Characterization of the intermediate radicals allows the rationalization of the mechanism of these oxidations, which are likely to occur through an initial electron-transfer step by Ag(II).
- Minisci, Francesco,Coppa, Fausta,Fontana, Francesca,Zhao, Lihua
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p. 613 - 616
(2007/10/02)
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