Trapping of translocated radicals by tetrathiafulvalene radical cation
Abstract
Aryl radicals are generated by electron transfer from tetrathiafulvalene to arenediazonium salts. The aryl radicals are translocated into alkyl radicals which undergo a C–S or C–C bond formation to tetrathiafulvalene radical cation, depending on the nucleophilicity/electrophilicity of the translocated carbon radical.