An E.S.R study of the oxidation of sodium alkyl sulphates by hydroxyl radicals

Abstract

Radicals detected by electron spin resonance show that hydrogen abstraction in the oxidation of alkyl sulphates by the TiCl₃/H₂O₂ system is not selective. In the light of these results and of evidence obtained by reduction of γ-iodocaproic acid, the previous claim¹ that hydrogen abstraction from aliphatic carboxylic acids containing 6-8 carbons occurs chiefly at the α and ω-1 position scan no longer be supported.