Can Deuterium act as a protecting group to prevent unwanted hydrogen atom transfers?
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Synthetic use of the primary kinetic isotope effect in hydrogen atom transfer: generation of α-aminoalkyl radicals
Mark E. Wood, Sabine Bissiriou, Christopher Lowe, Andrew M. Norrish, Katell Sénéchal, Kim M. Windeatt, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0OB00205D , Paper
