Reactions of Sterically Hindered Phenols and Their Derivatives with Transfer of one Electron

The reactions of sterically hindered phenols (phenoxides) and their derivatives (phenoxy-radicals and cyclohexadienones), in the first step of which the transfer of one electron is possible, have been examined. To confirm the hypothesis concerning the mechanism of organic reactions with transfer of one electron, kinetic data and the results of the polarographic analysis and investigation of the reactions under discussion by physicochemical methods are presented. Certain reactions of sterically hindered phenols and their derivatives the investigators of which supported previously a different mechanism have been analysed critically from the standpoint of the mechanism involving the transfer of one electron.
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