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REACTIONS OF AROMATIC BIS-1,2-DIKETONES. V. REACTION OF BIS-1,2-DIKETONES WITH ALKALI. FORMATION OF SEMIDIONE RADICALS
Savchenko, T. I.,Zubarev, V. E.,Yatsimirskii, A. K.
, p. 495 - 500 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of bis-1,2-diketones PhCOCOArCOCOPh with alkali (a benzilic rearrangement) gave dihydroxy dicarboxylic acids.It was found that 1,4-di(2-phenyl-1,2-dioxoethyl)benzene has anomalously high reactivity compared with benzil and other bis-1,2-diketones.It is characterized by successive reaction at each of the 1,2-dicarbonyl reaction centers; the products from this reaction were isolated and identified.The reactions are accompanied by the formation of radical particles, which were assigned by analysis of the hfs to radical-anions of the semidione type.
