Radical reactions of didehydroarenes with a 1,4-relationship

F Sedinam Amegayibor; John J Nash; Hilkka I Kenttämaa

doi:10.1021/ja0360079

Radical reactions of didehydroarenes with a 1,4-relationship

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Nov 26;125(47):14256-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0360079.

Authors

F Sedinam Amegayibor¹, John J Nash, Hilkka I Kenttämaa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

PMID: 14624556
DOI: 10.1021/ja0360079

Abstract

A gas-phase study of the radical reactivities of didehydroarenes with a 1,4-relationship reveals that electronic effects (due to singlet-triplet state splittings) can be offset by polar effects.