Products from the decomposition of methyl and phenyl triphenylmethylazocarboxylates at 60'in benzene or cumene are reported. These and other results indicate that these trjtylazocarboxylates decompose to trityl radicals, nitrogen, and the corresponding alkoxycarbonyl radicals (ROC= O) which can escape from a solvent cage and couple with other radicals before decarboxylating or decarbonylating. These alkoxycarbonyl radicals ...
