W. Adam*, R. S. Oestrich
May 1, 1993
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
Normal irradiation of benzaldehyde in tert-butyl peroxide as solvent afforded benzil and minor amounts of tert-butyl benzoate (1), whereas in the laser-jet mode exclusively ester 1 was observed. On photolysis of benzaldehyde in a 1:1 mixture of tert-butyl peroxide and CCl 4 as solvent, only benzoyl chloride was found on normal irradiation. However, in the laser-jet mode also ester 1, chlorobenzene, and hexachloroethane were observed. Chlorobenzene arises from decarbonylation of the intermediary benzoyl radicals and subsequent chlorine abstraction from CCl 4 by the resulting phenyl radicals