Self-assembled benzophenone bis-urea macrocycles facilitate selective oxidations by singlet oxygen

MF Geer, MD Walla, KM Solntsev…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 78, # 11 p. 5568 - 5578

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Abstract

... The Journal of Organic Chemistry. ... J. Org. Chem. ... We further report the generation of a remarkably stable organic radical. As expected, UV irradiation of the host suspended in oxygenated solvents efficiently generates singlet oxygen similar to the parent benzophenone. ...