The Photo-Favorskii Reaction of p-Hydroxyphenacyl Compounds Is Initiated by Water-Assisted, Adiabatic Extrusion of a Triplet Biradical

• Authors: GIVENS Richard; HEGER Dominik; HELLRUNG Bruno; KAMDZHILOV Yavor; MAC Marek; CONRAD Peter; COPE Elizabeth; LEE Jong; MATA-SEGREDA Julio; SCHOWEN Richard; WIRZ Jakob
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: J. Am. Chem. Soc.
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Citation: GIVENS, Richard, Dominik HEGER, Bruno HELLRUNG, Yavor KAMDZHILOV, Marek MAC, Peter CONRAD, Elizabeth COPE, Jong LEE, Julio MATA-SEGREDA, Richard SCHOWEN and Jakob WIRZ. The Photo-Favorskii Reaction of p-Hydroxyphenacyl Compounds Is Initiated by Water-Assisted, Adiabatic Extrusion of a Triplet Biradical. J. Am. Chem. Soc. Washington: American Chemical Society, 2008, 130/2008, No 11, p. 3307-3309. ISSN 0002-7863.
• Field: Nuclear and quantum chemistry, photochemistry
• Keywords: photo-favorsii reaction; p-hydroxyphenacyl; adiabatic extrusion; photoremovable protecting group
• Description: The sequence of intermediates occurring in the photo-Favorskii rearrangement of p-hydroxyphenacyl derivatives in aqueous solutions is established.

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