The reaction of stable sterically hindered nitroxyl radicals with benzylic and allylic substrates was investigated. An allyloxyamine derivative was obtained by the reaction of 2 molar equiv of a nitroxyl radical with an unactivated alkene. Experimental and computational evidence is consistent with a low-energy pathway involving addition of the nitroxyl radical to the double bond followed by H-atom abstraction from the intermediate by another equivalent of nitroxyl radical.
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