Cleavage of the Carbon—Sulfur Bond. Rates of Hydrolysis of Some Alkyl Acetates and the Corresponding Thiolacetates in Aqueous Acetone

PN Rylander, DS Tarbell

Index: Rylander; Tarbell Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 3021,3022

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Citation Number: 67

Abstract

Summary The hypophosphorous acid reduction of diazonium salts is catalyzed by traces of oxidizing agents and inhibited by small amounts of quinones. This, in conjunction with other facts, leads to the conclusion that the reduction of diazonium salts by hypophosphorous acid is a free radical chain reaction. A detailed mechanism is presented.