Petroleum Chemistry, Vol.53, No.5, 335-340, 2013
On the concerted one-step mechanism of rearrangement of 1,1'-bicyclobutyl radical cations in Freon-113 at 77 K
Conformationally selective rearrangement of 1,1'-bicyclobutyl radical cations to radical cations of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane and bicyclo[3.2.1]octane that occurs at 77 K via the concerted one-step mechanism in a 1% 1,1'-bicyclobutyl solution in Freon-113 irradiated with X-rays at 77 K has been detected by means of the EPR technique. The assignment of the EPR spectra has been confirmed by MNDO-UHF calculations.
Keywords:1,1 '-bicyclobutyl;bicyclo[3.3.0]octane;bicyclo[3.2.1]octane;radical cation;rearrangement;EPR;Freon-113