title: Ketonization of the remarkably strongly acidic elongated enol generated by flash photolytic decarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution.
abstract: Photodecarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution produces the elongated enol 5, whose strength as an oxygen acid (pQ(E/a)= 7.67) makes it more acidic than simple enol analogs by several orders of magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Yvonne
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authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: A Jerry
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authors.lastname: Kresge
authors.forename: Ikenna
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authors.lastname: Onyido
authors.forename: John P
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authors.lastname: Richard
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authors.lastname: Wan
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