Matrix-controlled photochemistry of benzene and pyridine

DE Johnstone, JR Sodeau

Index: Johnstone, Duncan E.; Sodeau, John R. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 95, # 1 p. 165 - 169

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Abstract

Dewar benzene has been shown to be a primary product from the photolysis of benzene in low temperature argon matrices at 253.7 nm. This is the first observation of Dewar benzene production at this wavelength and a mechanism is proposed that involves benzene Sl-S2 state mixing induced by the matrix environment. Analogous experiments on the photolysis of pyridine show that the only primary products are isomeric species derived at least in part ...