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An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides.

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An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides. / Mekabane, Pierre G.; Tabner, Brian J.
In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Vol. 36, No. 11, 11.1998, p. 826-832.

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Mekabane, PG & Tabner, BJ 1998, 'An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides.', Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 826-832. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-458X(1998110)36:11<826::AID-OMR377>3.0.CO;2-1

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Mekabane, P. G., & Tabner, B. J. (1998). An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 36(11), 826-832. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-458X(1998110)36:11<826::AID-OMR377>3.0.CO;2-1

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Mekabane PG, Tabner BJ. An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 1998 Nov;36(11):826-832. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-458X(1998110)36:11<826::AID-OMR377>3.0.CO;2-1

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Mekabane, Pierre G. ; Tabner, Brian J. / An ESR spin-trap study of radicals present during the thermolysis of some di-t-alkyl peroxides. In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 1998 ; Vol. 36, No. 11. pp. 826-832.

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abstract = "The thermolysis mechanism of di-tert-butyl and di-tert-amyl peroxide was investigated in a variety of solvents employing electron spin resonance in collaboration with the spin-trapping technique. The tert-amyloxyl radical was trapped for the first time during the thermolysis of di-tert-amyl peroxide. The relative ease of -scission of the tert-amyloxyl radical to give propan-2-one and butan-2-one was established as 32:1 at 382 K. In addition, competition reactions indicate that radicals derived from di-tert-butyl peroxide are ca. 5.5 times more reactive than those derived from di-tert-amyl peroxide towards hydrogen atom abstraction from toluene at 382 K.",
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