Synthesis of Several Tertiary Alcohols from Propanol-2 and Ethylene by Gamma-ray Irradiation

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Tertiary amyl and higher tertiary alcohols have been synthetized at 6∼60°C by irradiating gamma-rays on mixture of propanol-2 and ethylene enclosed in glass vessels. It has been found that as the irradiation temperature the G value of these telomers increases markedly, e.g. up to ca. 300 at 60°C. It has been concluded from the distribution of the telomers produced that this reaction proceeds by a chain mechanism, making isopropyl radical (CH3)2COH as the chain-carrying radical. It has been estimated that the characteristic of gamma-rays will be found in the step prior to the production of the isopropyl radical. If the rays can play some role in this reaction.

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