Enhanced photoreactivity of the nitrobiphenyl chromophore.
Several p-nitrobiphenyl derivatives show significantly higher photoreactivity compared to their p-nitrophenyl analogs, in addition to displaying a new acid-catalyzed photodecarboxylation mechanism in p-(p'-nitrophenyl)-phenylacetic acid.
Morrison
James
J
Department of Chemistry, Box 3065, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3V6.
Osthoff
Hans
H
Wan
Peter
P