Robert J. Waltman, Joachim Bargon
Tetrahedron
The ESR spectra of a series of benzoylmethyl radicals are reported which exhibit resolved hyperfine splittings from nuclei of the substituted phenyl ring. INDO/CNDO calculations show that the preferred conformation of such radicals have a twisting angle of about 45° between the plane of the phenyl ring and the plane of the carbonylmethyl fragment. Strongly electron-donating or -withdrawing para substituents are believed to render a planar conformation more likely via the admixture of p-quinoid resonance structures. © 1979 American Chemical Society.
Robert J. Waltman, Joachim Bargon
Tetrahedron
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