SOLVENT EFFECTS IN THE REACTIVITY OF PHENYLETHYL HYDROPEROXIDE .2. REACTIVITY AND BETA-SCISSION OF ALPHA-PHENYLETHOXY RADICALS IN THE SOLUTIONS OF ALPHA-PHENYLETHYLHYDROPEROXIDE
G. Moger et al., SOLVENT EFFECTS IN THE REACTIVITY OF PHENYLETHYL HYDROPEROXIDE .2. REACTIVITY AND BETA-SCISSION OF ALPHA-PHENYLETHOXY RADICALS IN THE SOLUTIONS OF ALPHA-PHENYLETHYLHYDROPEROXIDE, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 49(1), 1993, pp. 135-138
Efficient cleavage of alpha-phenylethoxy radicals (HRO.) was observed
in CH3CN at 304 K. From measurements of the quantum yields of product
formation, it was calculated that (k)HRO. + HROOH/k(beta) = 36+/-3 M-1
.