title: Photocatalytic formation of dimethyllepidopterene from 9,10-dimethylanthracene via electron-transfer oxidation.
abstract: [Structure: see text] Photocatalytic carbon-carbon bond formation of 9,10-dimethylanthracene (DMA) in chloroform occurs efficiently via the electron-transfer oxidation of DMA with the photoinduced electron-transfer state of 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium ion (Acr+-Mes), followed by deprotonation from the methyl group of DMA radical cation and the radical coupling reaction between anthracenylmethyl radicals to produce dimethyllepidopterene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Soushi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuzumi