Dl. Yang et al., KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE SET REACTIO N OF ALPHA-CYANOBENZYL CARBANION SODIUM-SALT WITH DIETHYL CARBONATE, Huaxue xuebao, 51(12), 1993, pp. 1185-1190
Based on EPR observation of diethyl carbonate ketyl radical, CIDNP sig
nals due to both the product ethyl alpha-cyanophenylacetate and DMSO i
mpunty in the solvent DMSO-d(6), as well as the fitness to succesive f
irst-order kinetics, an electron-transfer initiated non-chain radical
mechanism is proposed for the reaction between alpha-cyanobenzyl carba
nion sodium salt (1) and diethyl carbonate (2) in DMSO.