Hydrogen transfer in NADH models. An intramolecular photochemical redox reaction
Abstract
Photolysis of N-(2,6-dichlorobenzyl)-3-(o-formylbenzoyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine (1) gave the corresponding pyridinium alcohol; deuterium labelling showed the process to be intramolecular and to involve the transfer from C-4 of the dihydropyridine to the formyl carbon atom.