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Heterolytic cleavage of a β-phosphatoxyalkyl radical resulting in phosphate migration or radical cation formation as a function of solvent polarity
Whitted, Patrick O.,Horner, John H.,Newcomb, Martin,Huang, Xianhai,Crich, David
, p. 153 - 156 (1999)
(Equation Presented) The 2-(diethylphosphatoxy)-2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-1,1-dimethylethyl radical (1) reacted to give the benzylic radical product from phosphate migration or a radical cation (or a mixture of the two) as a function of solvent. Smooth acceleration in rates of reactions of 1 in solvents of increasing polarity and consistent entropies of activation indicate that radical 1 reacts by common mechanism irrespective of the final products formed, specifically by initial heterolysis to a radical cation-phosphate anion pair.
