Hydrogen vs. electron transfer mechanisms in the chain decomposition of phenacyl bromides. Use of isotopic labeling as a mechanistic probe

Article abstract of DOI:10.1139/v96-190

Ring-substituted α-bromoacetophenones react with alcohols in a chain reaction leading to the corresponding acetophenone, HBr, and the carbonyl compound from oxidation of the alcohol. Two different mechanisms, involving hydrogen or electron transfer by ket