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Oxygen Atoms Produced by Microwave Discharge: Reaction with Arenes
Author(s) -
Zadok Elazar,
Sialom Bonita,
Mazur Yehuda
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198010041
Subject(s) - microwave , oxygen , phenols , atomic oxygen , oxygen atom , photochemistry , chemistry , phase (matter) , liquid phase , gas phase , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics
The oxidation of arenes in the liquid phase with atomic oxygen —generated by a microwave discharge—leads essentially to phenols, formed directly or by exchange of the substituents for OH, and to products with oxidized side chains. The relative yields are shown.