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IV. Nonphotochemcal Electron Transfer to Carboxylic Acid Esters

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    Electron transfer to carboxylic acid esters also can occur via nonphoto­chemical reaction. Transfer of an electron from SmI2 to a carbohydrate p‑meth­yl­­benzoate produces a radical anion that fragments to give a carbon-centered, carbohydrate radical and a p-methylbenzoate anion (Scheme 8).54.55 The carbohydrate radical abstracts a hydrogen atom from a donor present in the solution to form a deoxy sugar. An example of such a reaction is shown in eq 15.

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