Journal of the American Chemical Society

Kinetics and mechanism of aromatic thallation. Identification and proof of competing electrophilic and electron-transfer pathways

W Lau, JK Kochi

Index: Lau, W.; Kochi, J. K. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 23 p. 7100 - 7112

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Abstract

Abstract: The unusual occurrence of simultaneous electrophilic (two-electron) and electron- transfer (one-electron) pathways during the thallation of the homologous methylbenzenes ArCH3 is demonstrated by (1) the careful analysis and identification of three major types of products,(2) the complete dissection of the complex kinetics, and (3) the identification of the reactive intermediates by time-resolved UV-vis and ESR spectroscopy. Side-chain ...