Photosensitized electron-transfer reactions of phenylacetylene

SL Mattes, S Farid

Index: Mattes, Susan L.; Farid, Samir Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1980 , # 3 p. 126 - 128

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Phenylacetylene (A) reacts with excited sensitizers (S) to produce radical ions (S)·–,(A)·+, which react as geminate or separated pairs with (A) to give a dimeric radical cation (A+–· A); the latter reacts with nitriles to give pyridines (1) or with nitromethane leading to an oxidation product (2) and a dimer (1-phenylnaphthalene) is also formed via the geminate pair.