AN ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE STUDY OF THE PHOTOLYSIS OF BIS(β-ALKOXYALKYL)MERCURIALS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)80102-8

Bis(β-alkoxyalkyl)mercurials are much more photosensitive than the unsubstituted dialkylmercurials, and when they are irradiated in solution with ultraviolet light, the ESR spectra of the appropriate β-alkoxyalkyl radicals are observed.Spectral data are presented for 14 such radicals and the values of a(H^β) are discussed in terms of possible conformational preferences.