The NHC-catalysed benzoin condensation has been studied mechanistically by a combination of experimental and computational chemistry. The presented EPR-spectroscopic and computational data provide evidence for a radical pair as a potential second key-intermediate that is derived from the Breslow-intermediate via an SET process.
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