EVIDENCE FOR SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER IN THE REACTION OF ALKOXIDES WITH ALKYL HALIDES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81536-7

Evidence for a radical process in the reaction of lithium alkoxides with alkyl iodides was obtained by observation of cyclization of appropriate radical probes, by the trapping of radicals, and by EPR spectroscopic observations relating to the one electron donor properties of alkoxides.