A Novel Type of Cyanomethylation Reaction of Diarylethenes with Acetonitrile Photosensitized by Benzophenone in the Presence of tert-Butylamine

T Yamashita, M Yasuda, M Watanabe…

Index: Yamashita, Toshiaki; Yasuda, Masahide; Watanabe, Motonori; Kojima, Ryuji; Tanabe, Kimiko; Shima, Kensuke Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 61, # 18 p. 6438 - 6441

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Abstract

It is well-known that benzophenone (BP) in the triplet state is potentially capable of abstracting a hydrogen atom from the HC (X) R1R2 linkage of various reactants. Triplet-state BP (3BP*) can undergo the H-atom abstraction at reasonable rate constants for reactants possessing electron-donating groups, eg, primary and secondary alcohols, aliphatic and aromatic amines, ethers, and hydrocarbons (X) OH, RO, NH2, RNH, R2N, alkyl, or aryl; R1 ...