ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Malonylmethyl radical I [· CH2CH(COOEt)2] and its thioester analogue II [· CH2CH(COOEt) (COSEt)] were generated by standard photolytic and thermolytic methods from perester and bromo precursors. The structures of I and II were examined by ESR spectroscopy and found to exist in preferred conformations. However, no indication for their rearrangement by 1,2-shift of either an ethoxycarboxyl or (ethylthio)carbonyl group to the corresponding succinyl radicals III and IV, respectively, was found at temperatures below - 40°C. At higher temperatures of up to 140°C, the search for malonylmethyl → succinyl rearrangement was examined by thorough-product analysis of the perester decomposition. There is evidence for the rearrangement of the radical I to III by photolysis and of the radical II to IV by thermolysis at 130°C in chlorobenzene to only a small extent.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19830660843
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