On the mechanism of reaction of tert-butoxyl radicals with dialkylphosphites

✍ Scribed by G. Brunton; K. U. Ingold

• Book ID: 102531270
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 191 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0749-1581
• DOI: 10.1002/mrc.1270071014

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

It has been shown by ESR spectroscopy that the title reaction involves abstraction of hydrogen from the phosphite, since at −10°C the reaction has a kinetic deuterium isotope effect, k~H~/k~D~, or ∼3. The rate constant for hydrogen abstraction is c. 2 × 10^4^ M^−1^ s^−1^. There is no significant addition of alkoxyl radicals to the phosphite.