Oxidative decomposition of 1, 1'-azoadamantane by thianthrene cation radical. Carbocationic chemistry from a free radical source

…, PS Engel, AKMM Hoque, DE Keys…

Index: Bae, Dong Hak; Engel, Paul S.; Hoque, A. K. M. Mansurul; Keys, Dalen E.; Lee, Wang-Keun; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1985 , vol. 107, # 8 p. 2561 - 2562

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Abstract

In the course of studies in the trapping of free radicals, we have discovered that azoalkanes are readily oxidized by aromatic cation radicals in acetonitrile at room temperature. The mechanism of this novel reaction is examined here for the particular case of thianthrenium perchlorate (Th+. C1O4-) and 1, l'-azoadamantane