MOLECULAR ORBITAL CORRELATION OF ARYLMETHYL CHLORIDE ATOM ABSTRACTION BY STANNYL RADICALS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)93811-7

A series of monochloromethylated polycyclic benzenoid hydrocarbons have been treated with triphenyltin hydride and AIBN initiator at 70 deg C.Under these conditions the only observable reaction is reduction of the starting materials to methylarenes.A sign