Effects of paint sniffing on neuropsychological test performance.

Me3Al does not methylate 1-chloro-1-nitroso-2,2,6,6-tetramethylcyclohexane, but acts as an electron donor and initiator of radical reactions leading to oxime derivs. and an imine. ESR studies support the presence of an iminyl radical intermediate which can undergo ring opening to give a cyano-substituted radical. The iminyl radical was generated from the diphenylmethyl oxime ether by reaction with Me3CO.bul.. Combination of the cyano radical with iminoxyl radicals gives the oxime ether I, which can also be obtained by photolysis of the oxalate II. [on SciFinder(R)]