Photochemical oxygen-atom transfer reaction by heterocycle N-oxides involving a single-electron transfer process: oxidative demethylation of N, N-dimethylaniline

M Sako, K Shimada, K Hirota…

Index: Sako, Magoichi; Shimada, Kaoru; Hirota, Kosaku; Maki, Yoshifumi Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986 , vol. 108, # 19 p. 6039 - 6041

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Abstract

Q' 0'formation of other products, except formaldehyde, in this reaction was shown by TLC and GC analyses of the reaction mixture. 5 The reaction did not proceed in the dark (reflux for 8 h), clearly indicating that irradiation is requisite for the completion of the reaction. Thus, the demethylation of DMA by 1 takes place efficiently under irradiation with UV-visible light. oto 0 0