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EFFECTS OF HETEROATOM SUBSTITUENTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF 1,2-DIOXETANES
Handley, Richard S.,Stern, Alan J.,Schaap, A. Paul
, p. 3183 - 3186 (2007/10/02)
Nitrogen and sulfur-substituted dioxetanes exhibit dramatically lower activation energies for decomposition compared to the corresponding oxygen-bearing dioxetane.A mechanism involving intramolecular electron-transfer processes is proposed for the cleavage of these unstable dioxetanes.