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. 2020 May 26;26(35):7946–7954. doi: 10.1002/chem.201905167

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

DIPEA (D1) can react as a base and deprotonate oxidized DIPEA (D2) leading to protonated DIPEA (D5) and neutral DIPEA radicals (D4a and D4b). The preferred product is the ethyl‐localized radical (D4a) as DFT calculations in vacuo (and in DMSO) show.