title: Investigating the rate of photoreductive glucosyl radical generation.
abstract: The photoreduction of glucosyl halides to generate glucosyl radicals has been investigated to probe the nature of the photoredox cycle. Amine (the reductant) and catalyst concentration affect the reaction rate at low concentrations but exhibit saturation at higher concentrations. Water and hydrophobic catalysts were found to significantly increase the conversion efficiency.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
authors.forename: R Stephen
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Jennifer J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Michel R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gagné