Chemistry Letters

A New Selective Method for the Homolytic Alkylation and Carboxylation of Quinones by Monoesters of Oxalic Acid.

F Coppa, F Fontana, E Lazzarini, F Minisci

Index: Chemistry Letters, , # 7 p. 1299 - 1302

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

... Chemistry Letters, 1 9 9 2 1301 The mechanism of the reaction involves the following steps: i) generation of the carbon—centered radicals (Eqs.3—5 ... 63) O OH O o ' COOR COOR + ROCO ——> -— 6b) 0 OH iii) oxidation of the radical adduct in a redox chain (Eq.7) O RR ...