ESR Spin-Trapping Study of the Thermal Decomposition of N-Pivaloxyacetanilides in Benzene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00180a042

Spin-trapping results favor a mechanism involving homolytic cleavage of the N-O bond for the thermal decomposition in benzene of the N-pivaloxyacetanilides, which are models for carcinogenic metabolites of aromatic amides.