Chemistry of the tert-butyl radical: polar character,. rho. value for reaction with toluenes, and the effect of radical polarity on the ratio of benzylic hydrogen abstraction to …

…, FY Tang, RH Tang, DF Church

Index: Pryor, William A.; Tang, Felicia Y.; Tang, Robert H.; Church, Daniel F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1982 , vol. 104, # 10 p. 2885 - 2891

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Abstract: We have reexamined the reactions of tert-butyl radicals with toluenes and have obtained ap value of 0.49 f 0.04 at 80 OC. The new, independent system involves the quantification of all of the principal products from the reaction of tert-butyl radicals with mixtures of toluene and a substituted toluene. Five major products contain benzyl fragments and are formed in significant yields: two symmetrical bibenzyls, the cross bibenzyl, and the ...