P0W3RL1FT3R Full Member 7+ Year Member Mar 3, 2016 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad I'm a little confused as to what the radical intermediate is for this reaction. It is ethylbenzene, I just drew the hydrogens in red.. If those are even the hydrogens I should be pushing that is Attachments image.jpg 99.3 KB · Views: 77
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad I'm a little confused as to what the radical intermediate is for this reaction. It is ethylbenzene, I just drew the hydrogens in red.. If those are even the hydrogens I should be pushing that is
A aldol16 Full Member 7+ Year Member Mar 3, 2016 #2 The way it is drawn, the radical should go on the methyl carbon. But your mechanism is wrong in general. The benzylic site is more reactive and H atom abstraction will occur there rather than at the distal methyl. Upvote 0 Downvote
The way it is drawn, the radical should go on the methyl carbon. But your mechanism is wrong in general. The benzylic site is more reactive and H atom abstraction will occur there rather than at the distal methyl.
