Photochemical reactions of substituted cyclopropenium salts.
Photochemical reactions of triphenylcyclopropenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)gallate (TPCPGa) and diphenyl-(2-methoxy-1-naphthyl)-cyclopropenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)gallate (DPMNCPGa) (Chart 1) have been investigated in acetonitrile. Traces of water were required for the photochemical reactions to proceed. The disappearance of both TPCPGa and DPMNCPGa obeys zero-order kinetics with rate constants (k) having a linear dependence on the concentration of water. Electron-transfer from water to the cyclopropenium cation is proposed as the primary process in the formation of the cyclopropenyl radical. The latter dimerizes leading to the photoproducts.
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