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Mechanistic studies on azoalkane cation radical decomposition
Zona,Goodman
, p. 6093 - 6096 (1992)
We report on the oxidative decomposition of two azoalkanes, azo-bis-2-methyl-2-propane and 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-1,2-diazacyclohex-2-ene. These azoalkane cation radicals decompose at rates ≥ 1018 times faster than their neutral precursors. This can be attributed to a decrease of ≥ 24 kcal/mol in the C-N bond dissociation energy on oxidation.