New evidence on the mechanism of the decomposition of N-nitrosoacetanilide in solution: detection of a new radical
Abstract
The detection by e.s.r. of a new radical believed to be PhN : NO·(σ) during the title reaction, coupled with the observed partial or sometimes complete suppression of the signal due to the radical PhNAc·NPh·O· in certain solvents, supports Rüchardt and Freudenberg's rather than Perkins and Chalfont's mechanism for the reaction.