Oxidation and reaction of Trolox c, a tocopherol analogue, in aqueous solution. A pulse-radiolysis study

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00191a031

Trolox c, 3,4-dihydro-6-hydoxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-carboxylic acid, 1, a water-soluble α-tocopherol analogue, was oxidized with Br₂^- to give the phenoxyl radical 2. These radicals disproportionate by a second-order,