Interaction and reaction of the phenyl radical with water: a source of OH radicals.
That's radical! A photochemical reaction between the phenyl radical and water results in the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from water and the formation of a hydroxyl radical. The hydroxyl radical forms an OHpi hydrogen bond with benzene (see picture) and does not react with benzene thermally under the conditions of matrix isolation.
Mardyukov
Artur
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Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
Sanchez-Garcia
Elsa
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Crespo-Otero
Rachel
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Sander
Wolfram
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