The mechanism of alkyl radical loss from ionised pentenyl methyl and hexenyl methyl ethers: the importance of a 1,2-hydrogen shift to the radical site of a distonic ion
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 2,p. 96-98
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39920000096
Abstract
The crucial step in alkyl radical loss from various ionised pentenyl and hexenyl methyl ethers is shown, by collision-induced dissociation experiments to involve a 1,2-H shift at the radical site of distonic ion, followed by γ-cleavage of the resultant ionised enol ether.Keywords
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