Studies on the Regioselectivities in the Oxidation of Simple Alkyl Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Molecular Oxygen

W Pritzkow, G Thomas…

Index: Pritzkow, Wilhelm; Thomas, Gerda; Willecke, Lothar Journal fuer Praktische Chemie (Leipzig), 1985 , vol. 327, # 5 p. 847 - 851

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Abstract

Abstract The products of the autoxidation of various simple alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons were reduced by LiAlH 4, and the alcohols formed were determined by gas chromatography. In the cases of 2-phenylbutane, 3-phenylpentane, and 2-p-tolylbutane a considerable fragmentation of the intermediate tertiary alkoxy radicals was proved. On the basis of the analytical results relative reaction rates of the various C–H-bonds in the hydrocarbons ...