Intramolecular Reaction Of Nitroxide Radicals With Biradical Intermediates Generated From Aromatic Enediynes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/00404-0399(50)0967H-

1,4-Dehydronaphthalene biradicals generated by thermolysis of aromatic enediynes can be trapped with the nitroxide radical TEMPO.The isolated products, however, are not the direct trapping products but 1,4-naphthoquinones resulting from the homolysis of N-O bonds of trapping products.