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Abstract 9-Anthroyloxyl radicals are generated from photocleavage of the N-O bond of N-(9-anthroyloxy)-9-fluorenylideneamine and 1-(9-anthroyloxy)-2-pyridone in acetonitrile. They are much less reactive in decarboxylation, addition to olefins, and hydrogen-atom abstraction than benzoyloxyl and 1-naphthoyloxyl radicals, and supposedly undergo intramolecular addition to the ipso position to give α-lactonic spiroanthracenyl radicals.
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