Journal of the American Chemical Society

Carbanion photochemistry. 3. Electron transfer and radical-anion control in the photochemistry of triphenylmethyl anion

LM Tolbert

Index: Tolbert, Laren M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1980 , vol. 102, # 22 p. 6808 - 6813

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Abstract

Abstract: On the basis of concentration and competition studies, the photomethylation of triphenylmethyl anion in dimethyl sulfoxide is shown to involve the reaction of methyl radical with triphenylmethyl anion to yield the radical anions of l, l, l-triphenylethane and 3- (diphenylmethylene)-6-methyl-1, 4-cyclohexadiene. However, there are no chain-carrying steps as there are for typical SRNl reactions. The intervention of radical anions produces ...