Abstract: Rate constants, k,, quantum yields, prdr and effects of thiol have been studied in the photoreduction of fluorenone by amines in benzene. Hydroxyethylamines show increased pred as compared with unsubstituted ethyl analogues, prd-0.8 with triethylamine, but-2, the maximum theoretical value, with triethanolamine and 2-(diethylamino) ethanol. Abstraction is predominantly from unsubstituted ethyl groups in the latter, and increased ...