New Evidence against Hydroxyl Radicals as Reactive Intermediates in the Thermal and Photochemically Enhanced Fenton Reactions

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Vol. 102; no. 28; pp. 5542 - 5550
• Main Authors: Bossmann, Stefan H, Oliveros, Esther, Göb, Sabine, Siegwart, Silvia, Dahlen, Elizabeth P, Payawan, Leon, Straub, Matthias, Wörner, Michael, Braun, André M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 09.07.1998

During the oxidative degradation of 2,4-dimethylaniline (2,4-xylidine) by means of the H2O2/UV method, a series of hydroxylated aromatic amines are formed, this result confirming the role of the hydroxyl radical as an initiator of the oxidative chain reaction. Thermal or photochemically enhanced Fen...