Photoinduced electron transfer oxidation. I. 9, 10-dicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxidation of hindered phenols

S Futamura, K Yamazaki, H Ohta…

Index: Futamura; Yamazaki; Ohta; Kamiya Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1982 , vol. 55, # 12 p. 3852 - 3855

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Abstract

9, 10-Dicyanoanthracene (DCA)-sensitized photooxidation reactions of hindered phenols and catechols (1) proceed via the initial electron transfer from 1 to 1 DCA*. 4-Hydroperoxy-2, 5-cyclohexadien-1-ones and 4-hydroxy-2, 5-cyclohexadien-1-ones are obtained from 2, 4, 6- trialkyl-substituted phenols, and an o-benzoquinone and furanone derivatives are afforded from 3, 5-di-t-butylcatechol.