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A Carbon Isotope Effect in the Decarboxylation of the Anisoyloxy Radical

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THERE have been several reports of carbon isotope effects during the decarboxylation of dibasic carboxylic acids such as malonic acid1. Similar effects would be expected in the radical reaction: The rate at which the radical R.14CO.O dissociates is expected to be less than that for the corresponding reaction of the radical R.12CO.O.

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    T. H. BATES & J. C. BEVINGTON

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BATES, T., BEVINGTON, J. A Carbon Isotope Effect in the Decarboxylation of the Anisoyloxy Radical. Nature 197, 1294–1295 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971294a0

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