Electron spin resonance studies. Part XVII. Reactions of some free radicals with nitroalkanes
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society B: Physical Organic
- p. 590-597
- https://doi.org/10.1039/j29680000590
Abstract
Radicals derived by the abstraction of an α-hydrogen atom from alcohols or ethers reduce aliphatic nitro-compounds. At pH ca. 8, the former radicals yield the corresponding nitro-radical-anions, whereas the latter form adducts by addition to an oxygen atom of the nitro-group. At pH ca. 1·8, on the other hand, both the alcohol- and the ether-derived radicals form adducts and/or, in some cases, nitroxide radicals, which result from more extensive molecular changes. The mechanisms of the reductions are discussed in the light of these and other observations.Keywords
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