The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Chemistry of dioxiranes. 21. Thermal reactions of dioxiranes

M Singh, RW Murray

Index: Singh, Megh; Murray, Robert W. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 15 p. 4263 - 4270

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Citation Number: 81

Abstract

Thermolysis of dioxiranes in solutions of their parent ketones or in mixtures of the parent ketone and a foreign ketone leads to the formation of esters. The results are explained by postulating a freeradical mechanism involving H atom abstraction from the ketones. The resulting radicals are converted to the observed esters by reaction with acyloxy radicals derived from homolysis of the dioxiranes. Autodecomposition of dimethyldioxirane in ...