The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Electron transfer photoinduced cleavage of acetals. A mild preparation of alkyl radicals

M Mella, E Fasani, A Albini

Index: Mella, M.; Fasani, E.; Albini, A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 11 p. 3051 - 3057

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Abstract

Results The 1, 3-dioxolanes 1 remained unchanged when irradiated in the presence of 1, 4- benzenedicarbonitrile in degassed acetonitrile; however, when 1, 2, 4, 5- benzenetetracarbonitrile (TCNB) was used both the aromatic nitrile (which absorbed the light) and the acetals were consumed