An electron paramagnetic resonance study of intermediates generated from aromatic aldimines†
Abstract
It was shown by N double bond to generate aminyl radicals. The latter were subsequently oxidised to nitroxides (
C˙R (R =
t-Bu or Me), to produce isonitriles, ArNC, were too endothermic to occur under the present experimental conditions. tert-Butoxyl radicals were
shown to add to