The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Evidence for hydrogen bonding of peroxy radicals. The autoxidation of 2, 4-pentanediol and related 2, 4-pentanes

FF Rust, EA Youngman

Index: Rust,F.F.; Youngman,E.A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1962 , vol. 27, p. 3778 - 3781

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

A distinctive characteristic of 2, 4dimethylpentane oxidation is the unusual efficiency with which the two tertiary hydrogen atoms can be replaced in a single reaction sequence (intramolecular oxidation). The same phenomenon is shown by 2, 4-dimethoxypentane. However, if either a single methyl or methoxy group is replaced by a hydroxyl group, oxidation is limited to the carbinol moiety and hydrogen peroxide and ketone are formed ...