The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Photoredox reactions in water-in-oil microemulsions. The functions of amphiphilic viologens in charge separation and electron transfer across a water-oil boundary

D Mandler, Y Degani, I Willner

Index: Mandler, Daniel; Degani, Yinon; Willner, Itamar Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 88, # 19 p. 4366 - 4370

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Citation Number: 29

Abstract

The photosensitized reduction of the series of dialkyL4, 4'-bipyridinium salts, C, V2+, is examined in water-in-oil microemulsions, by using Ru (bpy), 2+ as sensitizer and (“,), EDTA as electron donor. With the amphiphilic electron acceptors (n= 8-18) the water-in-oil microemulsion media affect the charge separation of the initial encounter cage complex,[Ru (bpy)?+.-. C, V+-], and stabilize the photoproducts, C, V+-and R~(bpy),~+, against the ...