Di-tert-butyl hyponitrite as a source of alkoxyl radicals for dimerization

J Protasiewicz, GD Mendenhall

Index: Protasiewicz, J.; Mendenhall, G. D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 17 p. 3220 - 3222

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Abstract

The results of our study are summarized in Table I along with previous approaches with other initiators. Except for the cases with Fenton's reagent, the use of the hyponitrite results in a substantial reduction of reaction time. The yields with hyponitrite were improved over literature procedures in four cases, although we did not make extensive attempts at optimization. Substitution of tert-amyl for tert-butyl hyponitrite led to a lower yield of dimer ...