T. Itahara et N. Ide, FREE-RADICAL REACTION OF 1,3-DIMETHYLURACILS AND CAFFEINE WITH BENZOYL PEROXIDE IN GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 66(7), 1993, pp. 2131-2132
Treatment of 1,3-dimethyluracil, 1,3-dimethylthymine, and caffeine wit
h benzoyl peroxide in gamma-butyrolactone at 80-degrees-C resulted in
a free radical alkylation.