Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Thermal and Photolytic Decompositions of Azobis (2-phenoxy)-2-propane

A Ohno, N Kito, Y Ohnishi

Index: Ohno,A. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1971 , vol. 44, p. 467 - 470

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

Thermal and photolytic decompositions of azobis (2-phenoxy)-2-propane have been studied. More than half of the 2-phenoxyprop-2-yl radicals thus produced thermally cause the phenyl group to migrate from oxygen to the carbon, followed by elimination of the methyl group. Most of the remaining radicals abstract hydrogen from the solvent. When phenyl ether is employed as a solvent, homolytic aromatic substitution takes place yielding ...