The Journal of organic chemistry

Peroxyesters as precursors to peroxyl radical clocks

JJ Hanthorn, DA Pratt

Index: Hanthorn, Jason J.; Pratt, Derek A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 77, # 1 p. 276 - 284

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Abstract

The reactions of peroxyl radicals are at the center of the oxidative degradation of essentially all petroleum-derived hydrocarbons and biological lipids and consequently, the inhibition of these processes by radical-trapping antioxidants. Recently described peroxyl radical clocks offer a simple, convenient, and inexpensive method of determining rate constants for H-atom transfer reactions to peroxyl radicals, greatly enabling the kinetic and mechanistic ...