Journal of the American Chemical Society

Rotenone. XXVI. Synthesis of the Parent Substances of Some Characteristic Rotenone Derivatives

FB LaForge

Index: LaForge Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1933 , vol. 55, p. 3040,3047

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Citation Number: 25

Abstract

Summary The decomposition products of all paraffin hydrocarbons can be calculated quantitatively by assuming, first, that they decompose according to a chain mechanism; second, that methyl and ethyl groups are the only stable radicals; a larger radical apparently decomposes to yield one or more molecules of an olefin, and either a methyl group, an ethyl group or atomic hydrogen; and third, that the relative chances of reactions of primary, ...