Photochemical Heterolysis of 3,5-Bis(dimethylamino)benzyl Alcohols and Esters: Generation of a Benzyl Cation with a Low-Energy Triplet State
作者:Raffaele R. Perrotta、Arthur H. Winter、Daniel E. Falvey
DOI:10.1021/ol102606m
日期:2011.1.21
An earlier computational study (CASPT2/pVDZ) by Winter et al. predicts the 3,5-bis(dimethylamino)benzyl cation to have nearly degenerate singlet and triplet states. Through product studies it is demonstrated that photolysis of 3,5-bis(dimethylamino)benzyl alcohol and its corresponding acetate and phenylacetate esters in alcoholic solvents produces a solvent incorporated adduct, 3,5-bis(dimethylamino)benzyl ethers, and 3,5-bis(dimethylamino)toluene.