
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McAskill, NA 
T1  - The reactions of the sulfate radical ion with phenylacetic and 4-phenylbutanoic acids
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1982
VL  - 35
IS  - 9
SP  - 1927
EP  - 1932
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9821927 
N2  - The reactions of the sulfate radical ion (SO4-) were studied by pulse radiolysis of aqueous solutions of aromatic acid and peroxydisulfate ions. With phenylacetic acid, the major reaction is decarboxylation; the resulting ultra-violet absorption spectrum shows that the main product is the benzyl radical, Ph-&#183;CH2, and that only minor amounts of hydroxylation products are formed. However, decarboxylation is unimportant with 4-phenylbutanoic acid and the spectrum has been assigned to the benzylic Ph-&#183;CH-CH2-CH2-COO- radical ion. The same spectrum is obtained if the hydrogen abstraction reaction of the O-&#183; radical ion is used with 4-phenylbutanoic acid to form the latter radical. 
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