Cation radicals. Reactions of cation radicals from substrates containing a p-dimethylaminophenyl group

Abstract

Cation radicals have been formed from a number of compounds possessing a p-dimethylaminophenyl group by reactions with tris-(p-bromophenyl)ammoniumyl salts. Reaction products are suggested to arise via carbon–carbon bond formation, and carbon–hydrogen and carbon–carbon bond scission of the cation radicals according to substrate, and the results complement and help clarify those from comparable studies made using anodic or metal oxidant techniques.