Ohkubo K, Iwata R, Miyazaki S, Kojima T, Fukuzumi S. Photocatalytic Formation of Dimethyllepidopterene from 9,10-Dimethylanthracene via Electron-Transfer Oxidation.
Org Lett 2006;
8:6079-82. [PMID:
17165934 DOI:
10.1021/ol062554y]
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Abstract
[Structure: see text] Photocatalytic carbon-carbon bond formation of 9,10-dimethylanthracene (DMA) in chloroform occurs efficiently via the electron-transfer oxidation of DMA with the photoinduced electron-transfer state of 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium ion (Acr+-Mes), followed by deprotonation from the methyl group of DMA radical cation and the radical coupling reaction between anthracenylmethyl radicals to produce dimethyllepidopterene.
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