Irradiation of diazofluorene in alcohols: unusual behaviour of fluorenyl ethers

H Tomioka, H Nakamura, Y Izawa

Index: Tomioka, Hideo; Nakamura, Hiroyuki; Izawa, Yasuji Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1983 , # 19 p. 1070 - 1071

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Abstract

It is generally accepted1p2 that singlet carbenes insert into the 0-H bond of alcohols rather than the CH bonds to give ethers while triplet carbenes abstract hydrogen from the CH bonds of alcohols to give radical pairs which in turn undergo dimerization or abstraction of a second hydrogen atom. Consequently, the ratios of products arising from 0-H inser- tion vs. hydrogen-abstraction in the reactions of carbenes with alcohols have been to estimate the steady-state con- ...