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Alkyl Radical Generation in Water under Ambient Conditions— A New Look at the Guareschi Reaction of 1897
Author(s) -
Nguyen Bao,
Chernous Katya,
Endlar Daniel,
Odell Barbara,
Piacenti Michela,
Brown John M.,
Dorofeev Alexander S.,
Burasov Alexander V.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200700632
Subject(s) - radical , alkyl , abstraction , hydrogen atom abstraction , chemistry , hydrogen , oxygen , hydrocarbon , organic chemistry , environmental chemistry , philosophy , epistemology
Chemical and biochemical significance of a long‐forgotten 19th century observation: The hydrocarbon production from quaternary glutarimides on neutralization in water is the consequence of formation of alkyl radicals, which means that it is possible to generate alkyl radicals under very mild conditions. Oxygen trapping competes with hydrogen abstraction (see scheme).