Oxidation of Iodo- and Bromo-Substituted Polymethylbenzenes in the System PbO2–CF3COOH–CH2Cl2


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Abstract

The oxidation of mono- and diiodo- and -bromo-substituted polymethylbenzenes (mesitylene and durene) in the system PbO2–CF3COOH–CH2Cl2 at room temperature (2–70 h) leads mainly to the formation of iodo- and bromobenzyl alcohols as result of oxidation of methyl group. The reaction involves intermediate formation of haloarene radical cations. ESR study of these radical cations made it possible to determine the structure of their singly occupied molecular orbitals a2 or b1 and interpret their reactivity.

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M. A. Sandzhieva

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University

Email: aleksvasil@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Institutskii per. 5, St. Petersburg, 194021

E. S. Aryamova

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University

Email: aleksvasil@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Institutskii per. 5, St. Petersburg, 194021

S. M. Sukharzhevskii

Magnetic Resonance Research Center

Email: aleksvasil@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Universitetskii pr. 26, St. Petersburg, 198504

E. V. Grinenko

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University

Email: aleksvasil@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Institutskii per. 5, St. Petersburg, 194021

A. V. Vasilyev

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University; Institute of Chemistry

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Email: aleksvasil@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Institutskii per. 5, St. Petersburg, 194021; Universitetskii pr. 26, St. Petersburg, 198504

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