J. Tanko, R. Drumright
Feb 1, 1992
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
Aryl cyclopropyl ketones have frequently been utilized as diagnostic probes for single electron transfer (SET) for a variety of organic transformations. The implicit assumption in these studies is that the formation of rearranged product(s) signals the intermediacy of a ketyl anion. Through a detailed examination of the mechanism, kinetics, and products arising from the decay of several arylcyclopropylketyl anions (generated electrochemically), we have demonstrated that the assumptions made in the use of these substrates as SET probes are tenuous