Alkyl Radicals from t-Butyl Esters through Photoinduced Electron Transfer

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88486-2

Alkyl radicals are octained under mild conditions from 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarbonitrile SET photosensitized fragmentation of t-butyl esters.The same process occurs with undissociated carboxylic acids.