The Journal of organic chemistry

Unveiling the Role of Molecule-Assisted Homolysis: A Mechanistic Probe into the Chemistry of a Bicyclic Peroxide

RK Gbur, RD Little

Index: Little, R. Daniel; Losinski-Dang, Lorraine; Venegas, Manuel G.; Merlic, Craig Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 42 p. 4499 - 4502

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Abstract

Unlike the reaction of aryl-substituted diazenes, pyrolysis of alkyl-substituted diazenes in the presence of molecular oxygen generates an unexpectedly complex product mixture. Using deuterium labeling studies, in conjunction with quantum calculations, a reasonable