J. Wang et al., BEHAVIOR OF 2-SUBSTITUTED AND 2,6-DISUBSTITUTED BENZOYLOXYL RADICALS - ELECTRONIC AND STERIC EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTITUENTS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(34), 1994, pp. 6321-6324
In contrast to 2-methylbenzoyloxyl radicals, 2,6-dimethylbenzoyloxyl a
nd 2,4,6-trimethyl-benzoyloxyl radicals decarboxylate efficiently rath
er than transfer a hydrogen atom, as observed by transient absorption
spectroscopy and product distribution.