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Thermally Induced Redox Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds and Alcohols in a Radical Chain Reaction: Comproportionation to Two Hydroxyalkyl Radicals
Author(s) -
Malwitz Dietmar,
Metzger Jürgen O.
Publication year - 1986
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.198607621
Subject(s) - comproportionation , chemistry , radical , photochemistry , redox , homolysis , chain reaction , bond cleavage , reaction mechanism , reaction intermediate , organic chemistry , catalysis , electrode , electrochemistry
The “molecule‐induced” homolytic cleavage of a C‐H bond , according to Equation (a), is probably the initiating step in the thermally induced redox reaction between a carbonyl compound and an alcohol. As intermediates in the two‐step process, which is a chain reaction, in contrast to the photochemically or the radically induced redox reaction, hydroxyalkyl radicals are formed.