Control of product distribution by Marcus type electron-transfer rates for the radical pair generated in benzylic ester photochemistry

DP DeCosta, JA Pincock

Index: DeCosta, Dayal P.; Pincock, James A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989 , vol. 111, # 24 p. 8948 - 8950

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Abstract

Table I. Product Yields for the Photolysis of Esters 1 in Methanol substrate 2'3b 4" 214 kETXc EOxd la (X= H) 84 60 16 5.3 10.41 0.47 lb (X= 4-CN) 12 12 80 0.15 8.86 0.72 IC (x= 3- OCH3) 31 38 52 0.60 9.46 0.50'Id (X= 4-CH3) 93 72 7 13 10.79 0.35 le (X= 4-OCH3) 74 59 24 3.1 10.17 0.04

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