In the wider framework of our studies concerning the photosensitized oxidations (1) and their possible interactions with biodegradation reactions (2), we studied the photochemical degradation of anteiso branched dimethylalkanes, compounds said to be very recalcitrant to bacterial degradation (3,4) . We worked in a Pyrex flask containing 50 ml of chloroform, 100 ~1 of commercial 3,6- dimethyloctane ( 1 ) and traces of anthraquinone(sensitizer) (5) . After seven days of irradiation by ...
