Photoinduced free radical chemistry of the acyl tellurides: Generation, inter-and intramolecular trapping, and ESR spectroscopic identification of acyl radicals

D Crich, C Chen, JT Hwang, H Yuan…

Index: Crich, David; Chen, Chen; Hwang, Jae-Taeg; Yuan, Hongwei; Papadatos, Aristotle; Walter, Robert I. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994 , vol. 116, # 20 p. 8937 - 8951

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Abstract

Abstract: Acyl tellurides are prepared in good to excellent yield by the reaction of sodium aryl tellurides with acyl chlorides, or mixed anhydrides, and are found to be moderately air-stable substances. In contrast to previous literature reports, acyl tellurides of aryl and vinyl carboxylic acids are found to be excellent sources of acyl radicals on photolysis with a simple white light source. The acyl radicals so generated may be trapped intermolecularly ...