α-Ethoxycarbonyl and α-methoxy substituted radical clocks

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00595-4

Rate constants and Arrhenius functions for 5-exo cyclizations of the 1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-5-hexenyl radical, the 1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-1-methyl-5-hexenyl radical and the 1-methoxy-5-hexenyl radical were determined by indirect kinetic methods.