EVIDENCE SUPPORTING A SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAY IN THE CANNIZZARO REACTION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)81546-4

Radical species are observed by EPR spectroscopy in the Cannizzaro reaction involving various substituted benzaldehydes with NaOH in THF/HMPA (9:1).The radical species have been identified as the aldehyde radical anions corresponding to the particular aldehyde studied.