A comprehensive picture of the one-electron oxidation chemistry of enols, enolates and α-carbonyl radicals: oxidation potentials and characterization of radical intermediates
stable simple enols of amides. The results allow to clarify the primary reaction pathway of enolradicalcations as a rapid deprotonation and—if warranted by the redox potential and the strength of the oxidant—a follow-up oxidation of the resultant α-carbonyl radical to the α-carbonyl cation. Moreover, the experimental oxidation potentials were linearly correlated with AM1 computed ionization potentials