Photocatalytic formation of dimethyllepidopterene from 9,10-dimethylanthracene via electron-transfer oxidation.
[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.
Ohkubo
Kei
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Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Iwata
Ryosuke
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Miyazaki
Soushi
S
Kojima
Takahiko
T
Fukuzumi
Shunichi
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