ESR Spin radical trapping in dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides catalyzed by molybdenum hexacarbonyl

  • James S. Hwang*
  • , Christos P. Tsonis
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The dehydrohalogenation of some aliphatic alkyl halides catalyzed by molybdenum hexacarbonyl produces organic free radicals in solution. These transient radical species were trapped by using spin-trapping techniques and formed stable organic compounds whose structures were elucidated. Based on the structures of these spin-radical adducts, a dehydrohalogenation mechanism was proposed for each reaction system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-267
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Molecular Catalysis
Volume44
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Feb 1988

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for support of this research work and to Mr. M. M. Saleem for technical assistance.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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