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The Mechanism of the Gomberg Reaction Part II–An Alternative to the Free Radical Interpretation
Author(s) -
HODGSON H. H.
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1948.tb02502.x
Subject(s) - diazo , tautomer , chemistry , interpretation (philosophy) , radical , mechanism (biology) , reactivity (psychology) , computational chemistry , decomposition , epistemology , simple (philosophy) , philosophy , organic chemistry , linguistics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A simple electronic mechanism is shewn to be sufficient for the explanation of the Gomberg reaction, without recourse to the hypothesis of free radicals. In the present author's opinion, this hypothesis is entirely unnecessary, if not invalid, for the interpretation of the decomposition of diazo–compounds which can be tautomeric with diazonium salts. The paper also includes a discussion of the decompositions of nitrosoacetanilide, the alleged anomalous p–reactivity of nitrohydrocarbons, and the more recent extensions of the free radical hypothesis.