ONE-ELECTRON OXIDATION OF ANISPINACOLONE WITH DIAROYL PEROXIDES: MECHANISTIC CHANGEOVER OF THE PEROXIDE FUNCTION FROM RADICAL TO MOLECULAR OXIDATION
Oxidative cleavage of anispinacolone (An3C*CO*An, An=p-methoxyphenyl) with diaroyl peroxides proceeds by electron-transfer mechanism, which starts with rate-determining decomposition of the peroxide, unimolecular for dibenzoyl and bimolecular for bis(3,5-