Pyrolysis of alkyl acetates. A radical pathway for the formation of minor products

B Shi, Y Ji, HA Dabbagh, BH Davis

Index: Shi, Buchang; Ji, Ying; Dabbagh, Hossein A.; Davis, Burtron H. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 59, # 4 p. 845 - 849

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Abstract

Decyl acetate and decene pyrolysis under the same reaction conditions show that the formation of the minor products during the pyrolysis of esters occurs by a parallel, and not a secondary, reaction. The radioactivity observed in the COa and CO produced during the pyrolysis of 1-hexyl acetate-lJ4C and the radioactivity in the methane from the pyrolysis of 1- hexyl acetate-2-14C strongly suggested a radical reaction pathway for the formation of the ...