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Measurement of Absolute Rates of Radical Additions to Alkenes by the "Mercury Method"
Giese, Bernd,Kretzschmar, Gerhard
, p. 3160 - 3164 (2007/10/02)
Using the 5-hexenyl radical (2) as "radical clock" the rates of radical additions to methyl acrylate (5a) and acrylonitril (5b) are measured by the "mercury method" (Table 1).Alkyl radicals are trapped by the alkylmercury hydride 1 with rate constants of at least 107 l*mol-1*s-1.
