Attempts at Direct Detection of Reactive Species in Selective Excitation of the Contact Charge Transfer Pairs of Hexamethylbenzene and Oxygen.

…, M Tsuchiya, G Furusawa, Y Kuriyama…

Index: Komatsu, Toshiki; Tsuchiya, Masahiro; Furusawa, Gen-ichi; Kuriyama, Yasunao; Sakugari, Hirochika; et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1995 , vol. 68, # 1 p. 277 - 281

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Abstract

Pulsed laser excitation of contact charge transfer pairs of hexamethylbenzene (HMB) and oxygen in methanol-acetonitrile gave no evidence for intermediacy of reactive species such as HMB radical cations and pentamethylbenzyl cations (ArCH 2+), though stationary irradiation of the pair in hydroxylic solvents afforded distinct products arising from the cationic species. The mechanism of reactions was discussed in comparison with 9, 10- ...