Issue 0, 1973

Photoreactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with N-arylglycines

Abstract

Irradiation of aerated solutions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in acetonitrile containing N-arylglycines leads to decarboxylation of the acids. Other products include anilines and formanilides. The reaction occurs less readily in benzene solution. Since the amino-acids quench the fluorescence of the hydrocarbons at nearly the diffusion-controlled limit, the reaction is thought to occur from the first excited singlet state of the hydrocarbon. The primary photochemical process is ascribed as the transfer of an electron from the amino-acid to the excited hydrocarbon. The relevance of this electron-transfer reaction to those undergone by triplet excited states is discussed.

Article information

Article type
Paper

J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1973, 496-499

Photoreactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with N-arylglycines

D. R. G. Brimage and R. S. Davidson, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1973, 496 DOI: 10.1039/P19730000496

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Spotlight

Advertisements