HYDROGEN ABSTRACTION FROM UNACTIVATED HYDROCARBONS USING A PHOTOCHEMICALLY EXCITED ISOINDOLINE NITROXIDE

Authors
BOTTLE SE CHAND U MICALLEF AS
Citation
Se. Bottle et al., HYDROGEN ABSTRACTION FROM UNACTIVATED HYDROCARBONS USING A PHOTOCHEMICALLY EXCITED ISOINDOLINE NITROXIDE, Chemistry Letters, (9), 1997, pp. 857-858
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03667022
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
857 - 858
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-7022(1997):9<857:HAFUHU>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The photochemically excited nitroxide, tetramethylisoindoiin-2-yloxyl (1), abstracts primary, secondary or tertiary hydrogens from unactiva ted hydrocarbons including cyclohexane, isobutane and n-butane. The re sultant carbon-centred radicals are rapidly and efficiently trapped by ground state nitroxide. Hydrogen abstraction from methane may also oc cur, but is masked by secondary photochemical reactions.