Oxidative cleavage of substituted naphthalenes induced by irradiated semiconductor powders

MA Fox, CC Chen, JNN Younathan

Index: Fox, Marye Anne; Chen, Chia-Chung; Younathan, Janet N. N. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 11 p. 1969 - 1974

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Abstract

Electron-rich members of a series of substituted naphthalenes react with oxygen to give ring- cleaved products upon long wavelength ultraviolet irradiation of TiOz powders suspended in oxygen-saturated acetonitrile solutions of the arene. Reactivity within the series parallels trends in the oxidation potential, ie, the species with the less positive oxidation potential appears to react more efficiently. A mechanism involving sensitized formation of the ...