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A spin-trap ESR study of the decomposition of alkyl formates

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By using nitroso compound ESR spin traps it has been shown that the alkyl formates break down into radicals under irradiation at λ ∼ 2537 Å and 25°C, and this regardless of whether or not the system contains added tert-butyl peroxide. The mechanism of breakdown varies with the alkyl-formate structure, Under our conditions of irradiation, the product radicals were as follows: ĊOOCH3 from methyl formate; ĊOOCH2CH3 and HCOOĊHCH3 from ethyl formate; ĊOOC(CH3)3 and Ċ(CH3)3 from tert-butyl formate.

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  1. Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

    R. G. Gasanov, A. B. Terent'ev & R. Kh. Freidlina

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 542–545, March, 1977.

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Gasanov, R.G., Terent'ev, A.B. & Freidlina, R.K. A spin-trap ESR study of the decomposition of alkyl formates. Russ Chem Bull 26, 486–489 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01179449

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