Formylmethyl radical

Voevodskil and co-workers (153), as well as Norman and his group (154). Later it was confirmed on the basis of product analytical studies by Seidler and von Sonntag (155) who suggested that the formylmethyl radical may initiate a chain reaction (reaction 21). A more detailed study of this system by von Sonntag and... 

Interestingly, the reaction of the (reducing) a-hydroxyalkyl radicals with thiols [reaction (9)] is relatively fast while the (oxidizing) formylmethyl radical does not react with thiols at an appreciable rate [36]. In contrast, in basic solution where the thiolate form predominates, a rapid reduction, by electron transfer, of the formylmethyl radical is observed [reaction (10)] [36]. 

The vinoxy radical (CHgCHO) is an important species in combustion and atmospheric chemistry, and its rich photochemistry has been the subject of benchmark studies throughout the modern photochemical era. Early theoretical studies focused on the expected competition between tautomeric ethe-nyloxy (CH2=CH6) and formylmethyl (CH2-CH=0) radical structures, and subsequent theoretical and experimental studies have repeatedly stressed the importance of obtaining accimate structural bonding characterizations of groimd and excited states of vinoxy radical and its derivatives. Qualitative... 

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