title: Lewis acid catalysis in heterolysis reactions of glycol ether radicals mimicking diol dehydratase-catalyzed reactions.
abstract: Zinc bromide-catalyzed heterolysis reactions of glycol ether radicals were studied by laser flash photolysis methods, which gave the binding constants and catalytic rate constants for fragmentation. The Lewis acid-catalyzed heterolysis reactions mimic a putative reaction pathway in diol dehydratase-catalyzed reactions and are potentially useful polar processes for incorporation into conventional radical chain reaction sequences. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Libin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Newcomb
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D011408:Propanediol Dehydratase / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D005609:Free Radicals; D011408:Propanediol Dehydratase