Journal of the American Chemical Society

Photochemical reactions of arenecarbonitriles with aliphatic amines. 2. Effect of amine structure on aminyl vs.. alpha.-aminoalkyl radical formation

FD Lewis, PE Correa

Index: Lewis; Correa Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 1 p. 194 - 198

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Citation Number: 36

Abstract

Abstract: The photochemical reactions of 9-phenanthrenecarbonitrile with several secondary and primary amines and triethylamine have been investigated. Rate constants for fluorescence quenching by secondary and primary amines decrease with amine a-alkylation in spite of increased electron-donor ability of the more substituted amines. This trend is attributed to a steric effect on the equilibrium constant for reversible exciplex formation. ...