title: Photochemistry of hypocrellin A (IV)--Hypocrellin A-sensitized photooxidation of diphenylamine.
abstract: The photooxidation of diphenylamine is acetonitrile and methanol using Hypocrellin A as sensitizer will be reported in this paper. The products in the two solvents were isolated and identified. The reaction mechanisms were investigated. In acetonitrile, diphenylamine was oxidized by singlet oxygen to form N-phenyl-p-benzoquinonimine. In methanol, N-phenyl-p-benzoquinonimine was produced predominantly through a mechanism irrelevant to singlet oxygen. A small amount of diphenylamine reacted with methanol and singlet oxygen to give a novel product: N-phenyl-2-methoxy-p-benzoquinonimine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Beijing.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D004159:Diphenylamine; D004347:Drug Interactions; D008027:Light; D000432:Methanol; D010569:Perylene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D019800:Phenol; D010777:Photochemistry; D011809:Quinones; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D011809:Quinones; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D019800:Phenol; D010569:Perylene; D004159:Diphenylamine; C048388:hypocrellin A; D000432:Methanol