Frimer, A.A., Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Rosenthal, I., Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Rosenthal, I., Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Abstract— While superoxide anion radical does not normally react with olefins, it does react with activated double bonds. Thus O‐ 2 oxidatively cleaves certain α,β‐unsaturated ketones such as chalcones and tetracyclone and electron poor olefins such as 1,1‐dicyano and 1,1‐dinitro olefins. Similarly O‐ 2 can react with substituted nitrobenzenes to yield the corresponding nitrophenols. EPR and oxygen labeling (KO36 2) experiments confirm an electron transfer mechanism. Copyright © 1978, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
