Chlorine abstraction by laser pyrolysis of W(CO)₆; a mild route to gas-phase organic radical chemistry

Abstract

SF₆-photosensitised IR laser pyrolysis of W(CO)₆ in the gas phase at moderate temperatures leads to unsaturated W(CO)_n species; these prove to be very effective and selective abstractors of Cl atoms from a wide range of organic substrates, and offer a low energy and clean route into gas phase organic radical chemistry.

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