The kinetics of the reactions of 2, 6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol and 2, 4, 6-trimethylphenol with nitrogen dioxide in solution

RG Coombes, AW Diggle, SP Kempsell

Index: Coombes, Robert G.; Diggle, Andrew W.; Kempsell, Stewart P. Tetrahedron Letters, 1986 , vol. 27, # 18 p. 2037 - 2040

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Abstract

Abstract The reaction of 2, 6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol with nitrogen dioxide to form 2, 6-di-t- butyl-4-methyl-4-nitrocyclohexa-2, 5-dienone has a first order dependence of rate on the concentration of the species N 2 O 4. By contrast the observed rate of the corresponding reaction of 2, 4, 6-trimethylphenol Is independent of the concentration of nitrogen containing species.