Photodimerization of acenaphthylene within a nanocapsule: excited state lifetime dependent dimer selectivity.
Direct excitation of acenaphthylene molecules included in a syn fashion within the octa acid nanocapsule dimerizes quantitatively to a syn dimer, and upon triplet sensitization, yields both syn and anti dimers probably by reacting within and outside the capsule.
Kaanumalle
Lakshmi S
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Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.
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