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On the oxidation of 3-ethylpentane under Gif IV and Gif-orsay conditions

DHR Barton, D Doller, N Ozbalik, G Balavoine, A Gref…

Index: Barton, Derek H. R.; Doller, Dario; Ozbalik, Nubar; Balavoine, Gilbert; Gref, Aurore; Boivin, Jean Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 3 p. 353 - 356

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Abstract

Abstract The oxidation of 3-ethylpentane under Gif IV (and GoAgg II) conditions affords, as major product, 3-acetylpentane and not diethylketone as previously reported. The discrepancy is explained by radical chain autoxidation in presence of a weak tertiary C H bond.