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Photochemical oxidation and dimerization of alkylbenzenes. Selective reactions of the alkyl side groups

M Pasternak, A Morduchowitz

Index: Pasternak, Mordechai; Morduchowitz, Abraham Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 40 p. 4275 - 4278

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Abstract

Abstract Irradiations of alkylbenzene compounds in an oxygen atmosphere result exclusively in oxidation reactions, while in a less oxidative environment dimerization processes predominate. Under all conditions studied, the reactions took place only at one benzyl position.

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